#55BBC7#55BBC7

#55BBC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.096 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC7
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 199)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -26.04, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 30.06, 209.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0861 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.096 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8212, 41.5923, 60.3729)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC7 #C76155

analogous

#55C79A #55BBC7 #5582C7

triadic

#55BBC7 #C755BB #BBC755

tetradic

#55BBC7 #9A55C7 #C76155 #82C755

square

#55BBC7 #9A55C7 #C76155 #82C755

split-complementary

#55BBC7 #C75582 #C79A55

monochromatic

#28717A #379CA8 #55BBC7 #83CDD6 #B1E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#55BBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC7

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC7	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.096 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfd8',
    500: '#55bbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc7;
$custom-light: #90cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC7

secondary

#D4A9A4

accent

#5D4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC7

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

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