#55BBBC#55BBBC

#55BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBBC
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -29.10, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 30.61, 198.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0907 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.094 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5899, 41.0998, 53.8882)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBBC #BC5655

analogous

#55BC89 #55BBBC #5587BC

triadic

#55BBBC #BC55BB #BBBC55

tetradic

#55BBBC #8955BC #BC5655 #87BC55

square

#55BBBC #8955BC #BC5655 #87BC55

split-complementary

#55BBBC #BC5587 #BC8955

monochromatic

#2B6B6C #3C9798 #55BBBC #81CDCD #ADDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#55BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBBC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBBC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d0',
    500: '#55bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbbc;
$custom-light: #8fd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.583,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBBC

secondary

#CCA1A0

accent

#5655D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBBC

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

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