#55B8BF#55B8BF

#55B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.093 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B8BF
RGB	rgb(85, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -26.80, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 29.50, 204.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0861 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.093 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2869, 39.9709, 55.3992)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B8BF #BF5C55

analogous

#55BF91 #55B8BF #5583BF

triadic

#55B8BF #BF55B8 #B8BF55

tetradic

#55B8BF #9155BF #BF5C55 #83BF55

square

#55B8BF #9155BF #BF5C55 #83BF55

split-complementary

#55B8BF #BF5583 #BF9155

monochromatic

#2A6B70 #3B969C #55B8BF #81CBD0 #AEDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#55B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B8BF

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B8BF	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.093 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcdd2',
    500: '#55b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b8bf;
$custom-light: #8fcdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.962,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B8BF

secondary

#CEA4A1

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B8BF

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

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