#55B7BB#55B7BB

#55B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.092 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7BB
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -27.41, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 29.45, 201.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0867 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.092 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6457, 39.3833, 53.0435)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7BB #BB5955

analogous

#55BB8C #55B7BB #5584BB

triadic

#55B7BB #BB55B7 #B7BB55

tetradic

#55B7BB #8C55BB #BB5955 #84BB55

square

#55B7BB #8C55BB #BB5955 #84BB55

split-complementary

#55B7BB #BB5584 #BB8C55

monochromatic

#2B686B #3C9397 #55B7BB #81CACC #ACDCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#55B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#55B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7BB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7BB	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.092 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdcf',
    500: '#55b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7bb;
$custom-light: #8ecdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7BB

secondary

#CCA2A0

accent

#5A55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7BB

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

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