#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
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -25.65, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 28.58, 206.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.083 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.09 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1409, 38.2019, 53.4052)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55B4BC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55B4BC

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

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