#55B3BF#55B3BF

#55B3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.090 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3BF
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -24.30, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 28.33, 210.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0806 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.09 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2666, 37.9303, 55.0591)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3BF #BF6155

analogous

#55BF96 #55B3BF #557EBF

triadic

#55B3BF #BF55B3 #B3BF55

tetradic

#55B3BF #9655BF #BF6155 #7EBF55

square

#55B3BF #9655BF #BF6155 #7EBF55

split-complementary

#55B3BF #BF557E #BF9655

monochromatic

#2A6870 #3B919C #55B3BF #81C7D0 #AEDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#55B3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#55B3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3BF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3BF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.090 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad2',
    500: '#55b3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3bf;
$custom-light: #8ecad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.792,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71453,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3BF

secondary

#CEA6A1

accent

#6253D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3BF

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

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