#55BBCF#55BBCF

#55BBCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.098 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBCF
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -23.75, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 30.41, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0829 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.098 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7745, 41.9737, 65.3939)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBCF #CF6955

analogous

#55CFA6 #55BBCF #557ECF

triadic

#55BBCF #CF55BB #BBCF55

tetradic

#55BBCF #A655CF #CF6955 #7ECF55

square

#55BBCF #A655CF #CF6955 #7ECF55

split-complementary

#55BBCF #CF557E #CFA655

monochromatic

#257584 #339FB4 #55BBCF #85CEDC #B4E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BBCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#55BBCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBCF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBCF	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.098 212.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBCF

secondary

#D9AFA7

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBCF

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

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