#55BCCE#55BCCE

#55BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCCE
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -24.54, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 30.47, 216.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0843 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.098 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8656, 42.3507, 64.8230)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCCE #CE6755

analogous

#55CEA4 #55BCCE #557FCE

triadic

#55BCCE #CE55BC #BCCE55

tetradic

#55BCCE #A455CE #CE6755 #7FCE55

square

#55BCCE #A455CE #CE6755 #7FCE55

split-complementary

#55BCCE #CE557F #CEA455

monochromatic

#267583 #339FB2 #55BCCE #85CFDC #B4E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#55BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCCE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCCE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0dd',
    500: '#55bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcce;
$custom-light: #90d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.926,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74143,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCCE

secondary

#D8AEA7

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCCE

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

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