#55B3BE#55B3BE

#55B3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.090 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3BE
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -24.58, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 28.32, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0811 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.09 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1569, 37.8864, 54.4815)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3BE #BE6055

analogous

#55BE95 #55B3BE #557FBE

triadic

#55B3BE #BE55B3 #B3BE55

tetradic

#55B3BE #9555BE #BE6055 #7FBE55

square

#55B3BE #9555BE #BE6055 #7FBE55

split-complementary

#55B3BE #BE557F #BE9555

monochromatic

#2A676E #3B919B #55B3BE #81C7CF #AEDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#55B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3BE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3BE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.090 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad1',
    500: '#55b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3be;
$custom-light: #8ecad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71417,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3BE

secondary

#CEA6A1

accent

#6153D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3BE

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

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