#55BBCB#55BBCB

#55BBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.097 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBCB
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -24.90, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 30.16, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0845 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.097 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2917, 41.7805, 62.8510)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBCB #CB6555

analogous

#55CBA0 #55BBCB #5580CB

triadic

#55BBCB #CB55BB #BBCB55

tetradic

#55BBCB #A055CB #CB6555 #80CB55

square

#55BBCB #A055CB #CB6555 #80CB55

split-complementary

#55BBCB #CB5580 #CBA055

monochromatic

#27737F #359DAE #55BBCB #84CED9 #B3E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#55BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBCB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBCB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.097 209.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBCB

secondary

#D6ACA6

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBCB

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

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