#55BCBA#55BCBA

#55BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.095 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCBA
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -30.13, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 31.18, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0927 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.095 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5887, 41.4399, 52.8315)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCBA #BC5557

analogous

#55BC86 #55BCBA #558ABC

triadic

#55BCBA #BA55BC #BCBA55

tetradic

#55BCBA #8655BC #BC5557 #8ABC55

square

#55BCBA #8655BC #BC5557 #8ABC55

split-complementary

#55BCBA #BC558A #BC8655

monochromatic

#2B6C6B #3C9896 #55BCBA #81CDCC #ADDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#55BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCBA

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCBA	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.095 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0ce',
    500: '#55bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcba;
$custom-light: #8fd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.835,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73428,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCBA

secondary

#CCA0A1

accent

#5557D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCBA

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

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