#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
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -24.87, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 28.32, 208.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0815 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.09 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0480, 37.8429, 53.9078)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B3BD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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