#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
RGBrgb(85, 184, 203)
HSLhsl(190, 53%, 56%)
HSVhsv(190, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.84, -23.39, -18.34)
CIE-LCHlch(69.84, 29.72, 218.10°)
OKLaboklab(73.09% -0.0812 -0.0508)
OKLCHoklch(73.09% 0.096 212)
XYZxyz(31.6619, 40.5209, 62.6411)
Luminance0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55B8CB1.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

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

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#55B8CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva