#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
RGBrgb(85, 181, 188)
HSLhsl(184, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(184, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.47, -26.15, -12.16)
CIE-LCHlch(68.47, 28.84, 204.95°)
OKLaboklab(71.82% -0.0841 -0.0336)
OKLCHoklch(71.82% 0.091 201.8)
XYZxyz(29.3436, 38.6071, 53.4727)
Luminance0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B5BC1.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

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

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#55B5BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva