#55AEBD#55AEBD

#55AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.088 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEBD
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -22.33, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 27.35, 215.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0759 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.088 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0640, 35.8749, 53.5798)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEBD #BD6455

analogous

#55BD98 #55AEBD #557ABD

triadic

#55AEBD #BD55AE #AEBD55

tetradic

#55AEBD #9855BD #BD6455 #7ABD55

square

#55AEBD #9855BD #BD6455 #7ABD55

split-complementary

#55AEBD #BD557A #BD9855

monochromatic

#2A646D #3C8C99 #55AEBD #81C3CE #ADD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#55AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEBD

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEBD	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.088 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d0',
    500: '#55aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aebd;
$custom-light: #8ec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70191,
    "c": 0.08757,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEBD

secondary

#CDA7A1

accent

#6654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEBD

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

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