#55BBC9#55BBC9

#55BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBC9
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -25.47, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 30.09, 212.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0853 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.096 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0549, 41.6858, 61.6039)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBC9 #C96355

analogous

#55C99D #55BBC9 #5581C9

triadic

#55BBC9 #C955BB #BBC955

tetradic

#55BBC9 #9D55C9 #C96355 #81C955

square

#55BBC9 #9D55C9 #C96355 #81C955

split-complementary

#55BBC9 #C95581 #C99D55

monochromatic

#27727C #369DAB #55BBC9 #83CED8 #B2E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#55BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBC9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBC9	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfd9',
    500: '#55bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbc9;
$custom-light: #90cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.241,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBC9

secondary

#D5ABA5

accent

#5E4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBC9

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

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