#55B5BC#55B5BC

#55B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.091 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B5BC
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -26.15, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 28.84, 204.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0841 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.091 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3436, 38.6071, 53.4727)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B5BC #BC5C55

analogous

#55BC8F #55B5BC #5581BC

triadic

#55B5BC #BC55B5 #B5BC55

tetradic

#55B5BC #8F55BC #BC5C55 #81BC55

square

#55B5BC #8F55BC #BC5C55 #81BC55

split-complementary

#55B5BC #BC5581 #BC8F55

monochromatic

#2B686C #3C9298 #55B5BC #81C8CD #ADDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#55B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#55B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B5BC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B5BC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.091 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbd0',
    500: '#55b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b5bc;
$custom-light: #8ecbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.078,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B5BC

secondary

#CCA3A0

accent

#5D55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B5BC

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

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