#55B9BE#55B9BE

#55B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.093 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B9BE
RGB	rgb(85, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -27.57, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 29.83, 202.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0877 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.093 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3857, 40.3440, 54.8911)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B9BE #BE5A55

analogous

#55BE8F #55B9BE #5585BE

triadic

#55B9BE #BE55B9 #B9BE55

tetradic

#55B9BE #8F55BE #BE5A55 #85BE55

square

#55B9BE #8F55BE #BE5A55 #85BE55

split-complementary

#55B9BE #BE5585 #BE8F55

monochromatic

#2A6B6E #3B969B #55B9BE #81CBCF #AEDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#55B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B9BE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B9BE	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.093 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fced1',
    500: '#55b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b9be;
$custom-light: #8fced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B9BE

secondary

#CEA3A1

accent

#5A53D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B9BE

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

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