#55B4BD#55B4BD

#55B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.090 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4BD
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -25.37, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 28.55, 207.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0826 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.09 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2491, 38.2451, 53.9749)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4BD #BD5E55

analogous

#55BD92 #55B4BD #5580BD

triadic

#55B4BD #BD55B4 #B4BD55

tetradic

#55B4BD #9255BD #BD5E55 #80BD55

square

#55B4BD #9255BD #BD5E55 #80BD55

split-complementary

#55B4BD #BD5580 #BD9255

monochromatic

#2A676D #3C9199 #55B4BD #81C7CE #ADDBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#55B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4BD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4BD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.090 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecad0',
    500: '#55b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4bd;
$custom-light: #8ecad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.192,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71618,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4BD

secondary

#CDA5A1

accent

#5F54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4BD

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

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