#55BBC5#55BBC5

#55BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC5
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -26.61, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 30.07, 207.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0869 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.095 204)
XYZ	xyz(31.5905, 41.5001, 59.1580)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC5 #C55F55

analogous

#55C597 #55BBC5 #5583C5

triadic

#55BBC5 #C555BB #BBC555

tetradic

#55BBC5 #9755C5 #C55F55 #83C555

square

#55BBC5 #9755C5 #C55F55 #83C555

split-complementary

#55BBC5 #C55583 #C59755

monochromatic

#297077 #389BA5 #55BBC5 #83CDD5 #B0E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#55BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC5	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfd6',
    500: '#55bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc5;
$custom-light: #8fcfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73573,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.41503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC5

secondary

#D2A8A3

accent

#5B4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC5

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

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