#55BBAB#55BBAB

#55BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBAB
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -33.58, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 33.59, 181.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0982 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.098 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8641, 40.4095, 44.7989)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBAB #BB5565

analogous

#55BB78 #55BBAB #5598BB

triadic

#55BBAB #AB55BB #BBAB55

tetradic

#55BBAB #7855BB #BB5565 #98BB55

square

#55BBAB #7855BB #BB5565 #98BB55

split-complementary

#55BBAB #BB5598 #BB7855

monochromatic

#2B6B61 #3C9788 #55BBAB #81CCC1 #ACDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#55BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBAB

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBAB	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ABEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c4',
    500: '#55bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbab;
$custom-light: #8ed0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBAB

secondary

#CCA0A7

accent

#5569D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBAB

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

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