#55BBB3#55BBB3

#55BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.096 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBB3
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -31.51, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 31.90, 188.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0946 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.096 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6498, 40.7238, 48.9370)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBB3 #BB555D

analogous

#55BB80 #55BBB3 #5590BB

triadic

#55BBB3 #B355BB #BBB355

tetradic

#55BBB3 #8055BB #BB555D #90BB55

square

#55BBB3 #8055BB #BB555D #90BB55

split-complementary

#55BBB3 #BB5590 #BB8055

monochromatic

#2B6B66 #3C978F #55BBB3 #81CCC7 #ACDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#55BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBB3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBB3	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.096 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c9',
    500: '#55bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbb3;
$custom-light: #8ed0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.294,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72955,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBB3

secondary

#CCA0A3

accent

#555FD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBB3

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

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