#55BCBB#55BCBB

#55BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCBB
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -29.86, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 31.06, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0922 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.095 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6954, 41.4826, 53.3934)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCBB #BC5556

analogous

#55BC87 #55BCBB #5589BC

triadic

#55BCBB #BB55BC #BCBB55

tetradic

#55BCBB #8755BC #BC5556 #89BC55

square

#55BCBB #8755BC #BC5556 #89BC55

split-complementary

#55BCBB #BC5589 #BC8755

monochromatic

#2B6C6B #3C9897 #55BCBB #81CDCD #ADDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#55BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCBB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCBB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0cf',
    500: '#55bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcbb;
$custom-light: #8fd0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCBB

secondary

#CCA0A1

accent

#5556D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCBB

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

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