#55BBCE#55BBCE

#55BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBCE
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -24.04, -18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 30.33, 217.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0833 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.098 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6527, 41.9249, 64.7521)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBCE #CE6855

analogous

#55CEA4 #55BBCE #557FCE

triadic

#55BBCE #CE55BB #BBCE55

tetradic

#55BBCE #A455CE #CE6855 #7FCE55

square

#55BBCE #A455CE #CE6855 #7FCE55

split-complementary

#55BBCE #CE557F #CEA455

monochromatic

#267483 #339EB2 #55BBCE #85CEDC #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#55BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBCE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBCE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdd',
    500: '#55bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbce;
$custom-light: #90cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.421,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBCE

secondary

#D8AFA7

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBCE

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

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