#55BCCD#55BCCD

#55BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCCD
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -24.83, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 30.41, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0847 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.098 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7445, 42.3022, 64.1853)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCCD #CD6655

analogous

#55CDA2 #55BCCD #5580CD

triadic

#55BCCD #CD55BC #BCCD55

tetradic

#55BCCD #A255CD #CD6655 #80CD55

square

#55BCCD #A255CD #CD6655 #80CD55

split-complementary

#55BCCD #CD5580 #CDA255

monochromatic

#267582 #349FB1 #55BCCD #84CFDB #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#55BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCCD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCCD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0dc',
    500: '#55bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bccd;
$custom-light: #90d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74105,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCCD

secondary

#D7ADA6

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCCD

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

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