#55BBBD#55BBBD

#55BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBBD
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -28.83, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 30.51, 199.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0903 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.094 197)
XYZ	xyz(30.6981, 41.1431, 54.4579)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBBD #BD5755

analogous

#55BD8B #55BBBD #5587BD

triadic

#55BBBD #BD55BB #BBBD55

tetradic

#55BBBD #8B55BD #BD5755 #87BD55

square

#55BBBD #8B55BD #BD5755 #87BD55

split-complementary

#55BBBD #BD5587 #BD8B55

monochromatic

#2A6C6D #3C9799 #55BBBD #81CDCE #ADDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#55BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBBD

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBBD	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 197.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBBD

secondary

#CDA2A1

accent

#5654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBBD

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

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