#55BACC#55BACC

#55BACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.097 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BACC
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -24.11, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 30.06, 216.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.083 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.097 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1999, 41.4055, 63.4102)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BACC #CC6755

analogous

#55CCA3 #55BACC #557FCC

triadic

#55BACC #CC55BA #BACC55

tetradic

#55BACC #A355CC #CC6755 #7FCC55

square

#55BACC #A355CC #CC6755 #7FCC55

split-complementary

#55BACC #CC557F #CCA355

monochromatic

#267380 #359DAF #55BACC #84CDDA #B3E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#55BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BACC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BACC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.097 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdb',
    500: '#55bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bacc;
$custom-light: #90cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73596,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BACC

secondary

#D7ADA6

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BACC

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

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