#55BBBE#55BBBE

#55BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBBE
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -28.55, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 30.42, 200.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0899 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.094 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8070, 41.1866, 55.0315)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBBE #BE5855

analogous

#55BE8D #55BBBE #5587BE

triadic

#55BBBE #BE55BB #BBBE55

tetradic

#55BBBE #8D55BE #BE5855 #87BE55

square

#55BBBE #8D55BE #BE5855 #87BE55

split-complementary

#55BBBE #BE5587 #BE8D55

monochromatic

#2A6C6E #3B989B #55BBBE #81CDCF #AEDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#55BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#55BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBBE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBBE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d1',
    500: '#55bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbbe;
$custom-light: #8fd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73325,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBBE

secondary

#CEA2A1

accent

#5753D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBBE

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

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