#55BBC3#55BBC3

#55BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC3
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -27.17, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 30.12, 205.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0878 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.095 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3629, 41.4090, 57.9591)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC3 #C35D55

analogous

#55C394 #55BBC3 #5584C3

triadic

#55BBC3 #C355BB #BBC355

tetradic

#55BBC3 #9455C3 #C35D55 #84C355

square

#55BBC3 #9455C3 #C35D55 #84C355

split-complementary

#55BBC3 #C35584 #C39455

monochromatic

#296F74 #399AA2 #55BBC3 #82CDD3 #AFDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#55BBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC3

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC3	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd5',
    500: '#55bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc3;
$custom-light: #8fcfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.364,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC3

secondary

#D1A6A3

accent

#5A50D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC3

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

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