#55BABE#55BABE

#55BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.094 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BABE
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -28.06, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 30.12, 201.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0888 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.094 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5956, 40.7638, 54.9610)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BABE #BE5955

analogous

#55BE8E #55BABE #5586BE

triadic

#55BABE #BE55BA #BABE55

tetradic

#55BABE #8E55BE #BE5955 #86BE55

square

#55BABE #8E55BE #BE5955 #86BE55

split-complementary

#55BABE #BE5586 #BE8E55

monochromatic

#2A6C6E #3B979B #55BABE #81CCCF #AEDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#55BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BABE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BABE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.094 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd1',
    500: '#55babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55babe;
$custom-light: #8fcfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73086,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BABE

secondary

#CEA3A1

accent

#5853D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BABE

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

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