#55B5BF#55B5BF

#55B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.091 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B5BF
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -25.31, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 28.76, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0828 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.091 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6703, 38.7378, 55.1936)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B5BF #BF5F55

analogous

#55BF94 #55B5BF #5580BF

triadic

#55B5BF #BF55B5 #B5BF55

tetradic

#55B5BF #9455BF #BF5F55 #80BF55

square

#55B5BF #9455BF #BF5F55 #80BF55

split-complementary

#55B5BF #BF5580 #BF9455

monochromatic

#2A6970 #3B939C #55B5BF #81C8D0 #AEDCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#55B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#55B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B5BF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B5BF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.091 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecbd2',
    500: '#55b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b5bf;
$custom-light: #8ecbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B5BF

secondary

#CEA6A1

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B5BF

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

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