#55BBC2#55BBC2

#55BBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC2
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -27.45, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 30.17, 204.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0882 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.095 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2502, 41.3639, 57.3656)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC2 #C25C55

analogous

#55C292 #55BBC2 #5585C2

triadic

#55BBC2 #C255BB #BBC255

tetradic

#55BBC2 #9255C2 #C25C55 #85C255

square

#55BBC2 #9255C2 #C25C55 #85C255

split-complementary

#55BBC2 #C25585 #C29255

monochromatic

#296F73 #3A9AA0 #55BBC2 #82CDD2 #AFDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#55BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC2

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC2	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd4',
    500: '#55bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc2;
$custom-light: #8fcfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.853,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC2

secondary

#D0A5A2

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC2

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

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