#55B5BB#55B5BB

#55B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.090 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B5BB
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -26.42, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 28.88, 203.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0845 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.09 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2361, 38.5641, 52.9070)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B5BB #BB5B55

analogous

#55BB8E #55B5BB #5582BB

triadic

#55B5BB #BB55B5 #B5BB55

tetradic

#55B5BB #8E55BB #BB5B55 #82BB55

square

#55B5BB #8E55BB #BB5B55 #82BB55

split-complementary

#55B5BB #BB5582 #BB8E55

monochromatic

#2B676B #3C9197 #55B5BB #81C8CC #ACDBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#55B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#55B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B5BB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B5BB	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.090 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbcf',
    500: '#55b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b5bb;
$custom-light: #8ecbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71785,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B5BB

secondary

#CCA3A0

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B5BB

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

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