#55B3BC#55B3BC

#55B3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3BC
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -25.15, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 28.33, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0819 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.089 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9398, 37.7996, 53.3381)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3BC #BC5E55

analogous

#55BC91 #55B3BC #557FBC

triadic

#55B3BC #BC55B3 #B3BC55

tetradic

#55B3BC #9155BC #BC5E55 #7FBC55

square

#55B3BC #9155BC #BC5E55 #7FBC55

split-complementary

#55B3BC #BC557F #BC9155

monochromatic

#2B666C #3C9098 #55B3BC #81C7CD #ADDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55B3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#55B3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3BC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3BC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad0',
    500: '#55b3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3bc;
$custom-light: #8ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.243,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71344,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3BC

secondary

#CCA4A0

accent

#6055D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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