#55BBBA#55BBBA

#55BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.095 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBBA
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -29.64, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 30.84, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0916 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.095 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3758, 41.0142, 52.7606)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBBA #BB5556

analogous

#55BB87 #55BBBA #5589BB

triadic

#55BBBA #BA55BB #BBBA55

tetradic

#55BBBA #8755BB #BB5556 #89BB55

square

#55BBBA #8755BB #BB5556 #89BB55

split-complementary

#55BBBA #BB5589 #BB8755

monochromatic

#2B6B6A #3C9796 #55BBBA #81CCCC #ACDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#55BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBBA

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBBA	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.095 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ce',
    500: '#55bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbba;
$custom-light: #8fd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.412,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73188,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBBA

secondary

#CCA0A0

accent

#5556D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBBA

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

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