#55BBBF#55BBBF

#55BBBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.094 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBBF
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -28.28, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 30.35, 201.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0894 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.094 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9167, 41.2305, 55.6091)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBBF #BF5955

analogous

#55BF8E #55BBBF #5586BF

triadic

#55BBBF #BF55BB #BBBF55

tetradic

#55BBBF #8E55BF #BF5955 #86BF55

square

#55BBBF #8E55BF #BF5955 #86BF55

split-complementary

#55BBBF #BF5586 #BF8E55

monochromatic

#2A6D70 #3B989C #55BBBF #81CDD0 #AEDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#55BBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#55BBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBBF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBBF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.094 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd2',
    500: '#55bbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbbf;
$custom-light: #8fcfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBBF

secondary

#CEA3A1

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBBF

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

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