#55BACB#55BACB

#55BACB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BACB
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -24.40, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 30.00, 215.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0834 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.096 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0803, 41.3577, 62.7805)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BACB #CB6655

analogous

#55CBA1 #55BACB #557FCB

triadic

#55BACB #CB55BA #BACB55

tetradic

#55BACB #A155CB #CB6655 #7FCB55

square

#55BACB #A155CB #CB6655 #7FCB55

split-complementary

#55BACB #CB557F #CBA155

monochromatic

#27727F #359CAE #55BACB #84CDD9 #B3E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#55BACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BACB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BACB	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfda',
    500: '#55bacb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bacb;
$custom-light: #90cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BACB

secondary

#D6ADA6

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BACB

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

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