#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
RGBrgb(85, 184, 191)
HSLhsl(184, 45%, 54%)
HSVhsv(184, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(55.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.45, -26.80, -12.34)
CIE-LCHlch(69.45, 29.50, 204.72°)
OKLaboklab(72.64% -0.0861 -0.0341)
OKLCHoklch(72.64% 0.093 201.6)
XYZxyz(30.2869, 39.9709, 55.3992)
Luminance0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55B8BF1.002.338.998.99
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

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

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#55B8BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva