#55BCCC#55BCCC

#55BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCCC
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -25.11, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 30.36, 214.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0851 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.097 209)
XYZ	xyz(32.6242, 42.2541, 63.5516)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCCC #CC6555

analogous

#55CCA1 #55BCCC #5581CC

triadic

#55BCCC #CC55BC #BCCC55

tetradic

#55BCCC #A155CC #CC6555 #81CC55

square

#55BCCC #A155CC #CC6555 #81CC55

split-complementary

#55BCCC #CC5581 #CCA155

monochromatic

#267480 #359FAF #55BCCC #84CFDA #B3E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#55BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCCC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCCC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0db',
    500: '#55bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bccc;
$custom-light: #90d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.42257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCCC

secondary

#D7ADA6

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCCC

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

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