#55BBCD#55BBCD

#55BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBCD
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -24.33, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 30.26, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0837 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.097 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5316, 41.8765, 64.1143)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBCD #CD6755

analogous

#55CDA3 #55BBCD #557FCD

triadic

#55BBCD #CD55BB #BBCD55

tetradic

#55BBCD #A355CD #CD6755 #7FCD55

square

#55BBCD #A355CD #CD6755 #7FCD55

split-complementary

#55BBCD #CD557F #CDA355

monochromatic

#267482 #349EB1 #55BBCD #84CEDB #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#55BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBCD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBCD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdc',
    500: '#55bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbcd;
$custom-light: #90cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBCD

secondary

#D7AEA6

accent

#604ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBCD

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

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