#55BBAF#55BBAF

#55BBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.097 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBAF
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -32.55, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 32.68, 185.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0964 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.097 185)
XYZ	xyz(29.2511, 40.5643, 46.8373)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBAF #BB5561

analogous

#55BB7C #55BBAF #5594BB

triadic

#55BBAF #AF55BB #BBAF55

tetradic

#55BBAF #7C55BB #BB5561 #94BB55

square

#55BBAF #7C55BB #BB5561 #94BB55

split-complementary

#55BBAF #BB5594 #BB7C55

monochromatic

#2B6B63 #3C978C #55BBAF #81CCC4 #ACDED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#55BBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBAF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBAF	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.097 185.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.40567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBAF

secondary

#CCA0A5

accent

#5564D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBAF

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

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