#55BCB0#55BCB0

#55BCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCB0
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -32.77, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 32.90, 185.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.097 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.097 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5626, 41.0295, 47.4274)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCB0 #BC5561

analogous

#55BC7C #55BCB0 #5594BC

triadic

#55BCB0 #B055BC #BCB055

tetradic

#55BCB0 #7C55BC #BC5561 #94BC55

square

#55BCB0 #7C55BC #BC5561 #94BC55

split-complementary

#55BCB0 #BC5594 #BC7C55

monochromatic

#2B6C64 #3C988D #55BCB0 #81CDC4 #ADDFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#55BCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCB0

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCB0	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c7',
    500: '#55bcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcb0;
$custom-light: #8ed0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCB0

secondary

#CCA0A5

accent

#5563D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCB0

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

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