#55B8CB#55B8CB

#55B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.096 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B8CB
RGB	rgb(85, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -23.39, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 29.72, 218.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0812 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.096 212)
XYZ	xyz(31.6619, 40.5209, 62.6411)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B8CB #CB6855

analogous

#55CBA3 #55B8CB #557DCB

triadic

#55B8CB #CB55B8 #B8CB55

tetradic

#55B8CB #A355CB #CB6855 #7DCB55

square

#55B8CB #A355CB #CB6855 #7DCB55

split-complementary

#55B8CB #CB557D #CBA355

monochromatic

#27717F #359AAE #55B8CB #84CCD9 #B3DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55B8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#55B8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B8CB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B8CB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.096 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdda',
    500: '#55b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b8cb;
$custom-light: #90cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.661,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B8CB

secondary

#D6ADA6

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B8CB

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

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