#55BCBC#55BCBC

#55BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCBC
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -29.59, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 30.94, 197.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0918 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.095 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8028, 41.5256, 53.9591)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCBC #BC5555

analogous

#55BC88 #55BCBC #5588BC

triadic

#55BCBC #BC55BC #BCBC55

tetradic

#55BCBC #8855BC #BC5555 #88BC55

square

#55BCBC #8855BC #BC5555 #88BC55

split-complementary

#55BCBC #BC5588 #BC8855

monochromatic

#2B6C6C #3C9898 #55BCBC #81CDCD #ADDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#55BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCBC

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCBC	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d0',
    500: '#55bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcbc;
$custom-light: #8fd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCBC

secondary

#CCA0A0

accent

#5555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCBC

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

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