#55BBAD#55BBAD

#55BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBAD
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -33.07, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 33.12, 183.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0973 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.097 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0562, 40.4863, 45.8105)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBAD #BB5563

analogous

#55BB7A #55BBAD #5596BB

triadic

#55BBAD #AD55BB #BBAD55

tetradic

#55BBAD #7A55BB #BB5563 #96BB55

square

#55BBAD #7A55BB #BB5563 #96BB55

split-complementary

#55BBAD #BB5596 #BB7A55

monochromatic

#2B6B62 #3C978A #55BBAD #81CCC2 #ACDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#55BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBAD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBAD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c5',
    500: '#55bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbad;
$custom-light: #8ed0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBAD

secondary

#CCA0A6

accent

#5566D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBAD

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

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