#55BECC#55BECC

#55BECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BECC
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -26.11, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 30.72, 211.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0873 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.098 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0544, 43.1145, 63.6950)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BECC #CC6355

analogous

#55CC9F #55BECC #5583CC

triadic

#55BECC #CC55BE #BECC55

tetradic

#55BECC #9F55CC #CC6355 #83CC55

square

#55BECC #9F55CC #CC6355 #83CC55

split-complementary

#55BECC #CC5583 #CC9F55

monochromatic

#267680 #35A1AF #55BECC #84D0DA #B3E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#55BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BECC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BECC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2db',
    500: '#55becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55becc;
$custom-light: #90d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7454,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BECC

secondary

#D7ACA6

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BECC

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

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