#55BBC8#55BBC8

#55BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC8
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -25.76, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 30.07, 211.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0857 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.096 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9377, 41.6389, 60.9864)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC8 #C86255

analogous

#55C89B #55BBC8 #5581C8

triadic

#55BBC8 #C855BB #BBC855

tetradic

#55BBC8 #9B55C8 #C86255 #81C855

square

#55BBC8 #9B55C8 #C86255 #81C855

split-complementary

#55BBC8 #C85581 #C89B55

monochromatic

#28717B #379CA9 #55BBC8 #83CDD7 #B1E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#55BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfd8',
    500: '#55bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc8;
$custom-light: #90cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73683,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC8

secondary

#D4AAA5

accent

#5D4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC8

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

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