#55BCB2#55BCB2

#55BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.097 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCB2
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -32.25, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 32.50, 187.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0962 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.097 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7619, 41.1092, 48.4773)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCB2 #BC555F

analogous

#55BC7E #55BCB2 #5592BC

triadic

#55BCB2 #B255BC #BCB255

tetradic

#55BCB2 #7E55BC #BC555F #92BC55

square

#55BCB2 #7E55BC #BC555F #92BC55

split-complementary

#55BCB2 #BC5592 #BC7E55

monochromatic

#2B6C66 #3C988F #55BCB2 #81CDC6 #ADDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#55BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCB2

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCB2	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.097 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c9',
    500: '#55bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcb2;
$custom-light: #8ed0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.175,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73165,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCB2

secondary

#CCA0A5

accent

#5561D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCB2

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

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