#55B4BF#55B4BF

#55B4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.091 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4BF
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -24.80, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 28.54, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0817 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.091 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4677, 38.3326, 55.1261)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4BF #BF6055

analogous

#55BF95 #55B4BF #557FBF

triadic

#55B4BF #BF55B4 #B4BF55

tetradic

#55B4BF #9555BF #BF6055 #7FBF55

square

#55B4BF #9555BF #BF6055 #7FBF55

split-complementary

#55B4BF #BF557F #BF9555

monochromatic

#2A6870 #3B929C #55B4BF #81C8D0 #AEDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#55B4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#55B4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4BF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4BF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.091 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad2',
    500: '#55b4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4bf;
$custom-light: #8ecad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.226,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4BF

secondary

#CEA6A1

accent

#6053D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4BF

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

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