#55BCCF#55BCCF

#55BCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCCF
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -24.25, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 30.53, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0839 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.098 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9874, 42.3994, 65.4648)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCCF #CF6855

analogous

#55CFA5 #55BCCF #557FCF

triadic

#55BCCF #CF55BC #BCCF55

tetradic

#55BCCF #A555CF #CF6855 #7FCF55

square

#55BCCF #A555CF #CF6855 #7FCF55

split-complementary

#55BCCF #CF557F #CFA555

monochromatic

#257584 #33A0B4 #55BCCF #85CFDC #B4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#55BCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCCF

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCCF	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 211.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.09842,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCCF

secondary

#D9AFA7

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCCF

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

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