#55BBAE#55BBAE

#55BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBAE
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -32.81, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 32.90, 184.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0968 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.097 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1533, 40.5252, 46.3220)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBAE #BB5562

analogous

#55BB7B #55BBAE #5595BB

triadic

#55BBAE #AE55BB #BBAE55

tetradic

#55BBAE #7B55BB #BB5562 #95BB55

square

#55BBAE #7B55BB #BB5562 #95BB55

split-complementary

#55BBAE #BB5595 #BB7B55

monochromatic

#2B6B63 #3C978B #55BBAE #81CCC3 #ACDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#55BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBAE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBAE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c6',
    500: '#55bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbae;
$custom-light: #8ed0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBAE

secondary

#CCA0A6

accent

#5565D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBAE

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

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