#55BBB2#55BBB2

#55BBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBB2
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -31.77, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 32.08, 187.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0951 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.096 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5491, 40.6835, 48.4063)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBB2 #BB555E

analogous

#55BB7F #55BBB2 #5591BB

triadic

#55BBB2 #B255BB #BBB255

tetradic

#55BBB2 #7F55BB #BB555E #91BB55

square

#55BBB2 #7F55BB #BB555E #91BB55

split-complementary

#55BBB2 #BB5591 #BB7F55

monochromatic

#2B6B65 #3C978F #55BBB2 #81CCC6 #ACDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#55BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBB2

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBB2	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c9',
    500: '#55bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbb2;
$custom-light: #8ed0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBB2

secondary

#CCA0A4

accent

#5560D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBB2

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

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