#55BBC4#55BBC4

#55BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC4
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -26.89, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 30.09, 206.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0873 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.095 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4763, 41.4544, 58.5565)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC4 #C45E55

analogous

#55C496 #55BBC4 #5583C4

triadic

#55BBC4 #C455BB #BBC455

tetradic

#55BBC4 #9655C4 #C45E55 #83C455

square

#55BBC4 #9655C4 #C45E55 #83C455

split-complementary

#55BBC4 #C45583 #C49655

monochromatic

#297076 #399BA3 #55BBC4 #82CDD4 #B0DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#55BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd5',
    500: '#55bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc4;
$custom-light: #8fcfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC4

secondary

#D2A7A3

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC4

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

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