#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
RGBrgb(85, 179, 190)
HSLhsl(186, 45%, 54%)
HSVhsv(186, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(55.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.94, -24.58, -14.06)
CIE-LCHlch(67.94, 28.32, 209.77°)
OKLaboklab(71.42% -0.0811 -0.0389)
OKLCHoklch(71.42% 0.09 205.6)
XYZxyz(29.1569, 37.8864, 54.4815)
Luminance0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##55B3BE1.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#55B3BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva