#55BBCA#55BBCA

#55BBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBCA
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -25.19, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 30.12, 213.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0849 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.096 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1729, 41.7330, 62.2254)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBCA #CA6455

analogous

#55CA9F #55BBCA #5581CA

triadic

#55BBCA #CA55BB #BBCA55

tetradic

#55BBCA #9F55CA #CA6455 #81CA55

square

#55BBCA #9F55CA #CA6455 #81CA55

split-complementary

#55BBCA #CA5581 #CA9F55

monochromatic

#27727D #369DAC #55BBCA #84CED9 #B2E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#55BBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBCA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBCA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfda',
    500: '#55bbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbca;
$custom-light: #90cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73757,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBCA

secondary

#D5ABA5

accent

#5E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBCA

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

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