#55BBBB#55BBBB

#55BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.094 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBBB
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -29.37, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 30.72, 197.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0911 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.094 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4825, 41.0568, 53.3224)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBBB #BB5555

analogous

#55BB88 #55BBBB #5588BB

triadic

#55BBBB #BB55BB #BBBB55

tetradic

#55BBBB #8855BB #BB5555 #88BB55

square

#55BBBB #8855BB #BB5555 #88BB55

split-complementary

#55BBBB #BB5588 #BB8855

monochromatic

#2B6B6B #3C9797 #55BBBB #81CCCC #ACDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#55BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBBB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBBB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.094 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0cf',
    500: '#55bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbbb;
$custom-light: #8fd0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73222,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBBB

secondary

#CCA0A0

accent

#5555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBBB

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

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