#55BCCB#55BCCB

#55BCCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCCB
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -25.40, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 30.33, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0855 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.097 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5046, 42.2063, 62.9220)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCCB #CB6455

analogous

#55CB9F #55BCCB #5581CB

triadic

#55BCCB #CB55BC #BCCB55

tetradic

#55BCCB #9F55CB #CB6455 #81CB55

square

#55BCCB #9F55CB #CB6455 #81CB55

split-complementary

#55BCCB #CB5581 #CB9F55

monochromatic

#27747F #359EAE #55BCCB #84CED9 #B3E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BCCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#55BCCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCCB

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCCB	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0da',
    500: '#55bccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bccb;
$custom-light: #90d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCCB

secondary

#D6ACA6

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCCB

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

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