#55B7B3#55B7B3

#55B7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.092 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7B3
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -29.58, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 30.34, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0902 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.092 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8130, 39.0502, 48.6581)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7B3 #B75559

analogous

#55B782 #55B7B3 #558AB7

triadic

#55B7B3 #B355B7 #B7B355

tetradic

#55B7B3 #8255B7 #B75559 #8AB755

square

#55B7B3 #8255B7 #B75559 #8AB755

split-complementary

#55B7B3 #B7558A #B78255

monochromatic

#2B6664 #3E918E #55B7B3 #80C9C6 #ABDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#55B7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#55B7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7B3

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7B3	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.092 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdc9',
    500: '#55b7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7b3;
$custom-light: #8ecdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.551,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.09209,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7B3

secondary

#C99FA0

accent

#575CD0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7B3

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

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