#55BCBE#55BCBE

#55BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCBE
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -29.04, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 30.74, 199.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0909 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.095 197)
XYZ	xyz(31.0199, 41.6124, 55.1025)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCBE #BE5755

analogous

#55BE8C #55BCBE #5588BE

triadic

#55BCBE #BE55BC #BCBE55

tetradic

#55BCBE #8C55BE #BE5755 #88BE55

square

#55BCBE #8C55BE #BE5755 #88BE55

split-complementary

#55BCBE #BE5588 #BE8C55

monochromatic

#2A6D6E #3B999B #55BCBE #81CDCF #AEDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#55BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCBE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCBE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d1',
    500: '#55bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcbe;
$custom-light: #8fd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCBE

secondary

#CEA2A1

accent

#5653D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCBE

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

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