#55BBB7#55BBB7

#55BBB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.095 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBB7
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -30.45, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 31.24, 192.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0929 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.095 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0602, 40.8879, 51.0986)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBB7 #BB5559

analogous

#55BB84 #55BBB7 #558CBB

triadic

#55BBB7 #B755BB #BBB755

tetradic

#55BBB7 #8455BB #BB5559 #8CBB55

square

#55BBB7 #8455BB #BB5559 #8CBB55

split-complementary

#55BBB7 #BB558C #BB8455

monochromatic

#2B6B68 #3C9793 #55BBB7 #81CCCA #ACDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#55BBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBB7

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBB7	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.095 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0cc',
    500: '#55bbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbb7;
$custom-light: #8ed0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBB7

secondary

#CCA0A2

accent

#555AD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBB7

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

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