#55B3BD#55B3BD

#55B3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.090 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B3BD
RGBrgb(85, 179, 189)
HSLhsl(186, 44%, 54%)
HSVhsv(186, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(55%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.90, -24.87, -13.56)
CIE-LCHlch(67.90, 28.32, 208.60°)
OKLaboklab(71.38% -0.0815 -0.0375)
OKLCHoklch(71.38% 0.09 204.7)
XYZxyz(29.0480, 37.8429, 53.9078)
Luminance0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B3BD #BD5F55
analogous
#55BD93 #55B3BD #557FBD
triadic
#55B3BD #BD55B3 #B3BD55
tetradic
#55B3BD #9355BD #BD5F55 #7FBD55
square
#55B3BD #9355BD #BD5F55 #7FBD55
split-complementary
#55B3BD #BD557F #BD9355
monochromatic
#2A676D #3C9099 #55B3BD #81C7CE #ADDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#55B3BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57
#55B3BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3BD
8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B3BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B3BD1.002.458.578.57
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5721.001.001.00
##0000008.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7ADBE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A0BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.090 204.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad0',
    500: '#55b3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b3bd;
$custom-light: #8ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B3BD
secondary
#CDA5A1
accent
#6054D4
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F1F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3BD

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#55B3BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva