#55BABC#55BABC

#55BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.094 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BABC
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -28.61, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 30.29, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0896 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.094 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3785, 40.6770, 53.8177)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BABC #BC5755

analogous

#55BC8A #55BABC #5586BC

triadic

#55BABC #BC55BA #BABC55

tetradic

#55BABC #8A55BC #BC5755 #86BC55

square

#55BABC #8A55BC #BC5755 #86BC55

split-complementary

#55BABC #BC5586 #BC8A55

monochromatic

#2B6B6C #3C9698 #55BABC #81CCCD #ADDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#55BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BABC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BABC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.094 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd0',
    500: '#55babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55babc;
$custom-light: #8fcfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.165,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73016,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BABC

secondary

#CCA1A0

accent

#5755D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BABC

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

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