#55B4BC#55B4BC

#55B4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.090 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B4BC
RGBrgb(85, 180, 188)
HSLhsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(185, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.17, -25.65, -12.61)
CIE-LCHlch(68.17, 28.58, 206.18°)
OKLaboklab(71.58% -0.083 -0.0348)
OKLCHoklch(71.58% 0.09 202.8)
XYZxyz(29.1409, 38.2019, 53.4052)
Luminance0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B4BC #BC5D55
analogous
#55BC90 #55B4BC #5580BC
triadic
#55B4BC #BC55B4 #B4BC55
tetradic
#55B4BC #9055BC #BC5D55 #80BC55
square
#55B4BC #9055BC #BC5D55 #80BC55
split-complementary
#55B4BC #BC5580 #BC9055
monochromatic
#2B676C #3C9198 #55B4BC #81C7CD #ADDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#55B4BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64
#55B4BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4BC
8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B4BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B4BC1.002.438.648.64
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6421.001.001.00
##0000008.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8ADBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#97A1BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.090 202.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad0',
    500: '#55b4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b4bc;
$custom-light: #8ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.66,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71582,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B4BC
secondary
#CCA4A0
accent
#5E55D3
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F1F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0D1314
muted
#7E8282

Preview Lab

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#55B4BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva