#55B8BD#55B8BD

#55B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.092 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B8BD
RGB	rgb(85, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -27.35, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 29.61, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.087 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.092 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0683, 39.8835, 54.2479)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B8BD #BD5A55

analogous

#55BD8E #55B8BD #5584BD

triadic

#55B8BD #BD55B8 #B8BD55

tetradic

#55B8BD #8E55BD #BD5A55 #84BD55

square

#55B8BD #8E55BD #BD5A55 #84BD55

split-complementary

#55B8BD #BD5584 #BD8E55

monochromatic

#2A6A6D #3C9599 #55B8BD #81CACE #ADDDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#55B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#55B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B8BD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B8BD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.092 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecdd0',
    500: '#55b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b8bd;
$custom-light: #8ecdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.885,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72573,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B8BD

secondary

#CDA3A1

accent

#5A54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B8BD

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

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