#55BACE#55BACE

#55BACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BACE
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -23.53, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 30.21, 218.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0822 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.098 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4413, 41.5021, 64.6816)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BACE #CE6955

analogous

#55CEA5 #55BACE #557ECE

triadic

#55BACE #CE55BA #BACE55

tetradic

#55BACE #A555CE #CE6955 #7ECE55

square

#55BACE #A555CE #CE6955 #7ECE55

split-complementary

#55BACE #CE557E #CEA555

monochromatic

#267383 #339DB2 #55BACE #85CDDC #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#55BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BACE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BACE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdd',
    500: '#55bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bace;
$custom-light: #90cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.917,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BACE

secondary

#D8AFA7

accent

#6249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BACE

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

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