#55BBCC#55BBCC

#55BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.097 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBCC
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -24.61, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 30.20, 215.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0841 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.097 210)
XYZ	xyz(32.4113, 41.8284, 63.4806)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBCC #CC6655

analogous

#55CCA1 #55BBCC #5580CC

triadic

#55BBCC #CC55BB #BBCC55

tetradic

#55BBCC #A155CC #CC6655 #80CC55

square

#55BBCC #A155CC #CC6655 #80CC55

split-complementary

#55BBCC #CC5580 #CCA155

monochromatic

#267380 #359EAF #55BBCC #84CEDA #B3E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#55BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBCC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBCC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.097 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdb',
    500: '#55bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbcc;
$custom-light: #90cfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.41832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBCC

secondary

#D7ADA6

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBCC

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

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