#55BABB#55BABB

#55BABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.094 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BABB
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -28.88, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 30.39, 198.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.09 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.094 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2711, 40.6340, 53.2520)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BABB #BB5655

analogous

#55BB89 #55BABB #5587BB

triadic

#55BABB #BB55BA #BABB55

tetradic

#55BABB #8955BB #BB5655 #87BB55

square

#55BABB #8955BB #BB5655 #87BB55

split-complementary

#55BABB #BB5587 #BB8955

monochromatic

#2B6A6B #3C9697 #55BABB #81CCCC #ACDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#55BABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BABB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BABB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55babb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.094 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfcf',
    500: '#55babb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55babb;
$custom-light: #8fcfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55babb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BABB

secondary

#CCA0A0

accent

#5655D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BABB

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

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