#55BCBD#55BCBD

#55BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.095 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCBD
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -29.31, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 30.83, 198.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0914 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.095 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9110, 41.5688, 54.5288)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCBD #BD5655

analogous

#55BD8A #55BCBD #5588BD

triadic

#55BCBD #BD55BC #BCBD55

tetradic

#55BCBD #8A55BD #BD5655 #88BD55

square

#55BCBD #8A55BD #BD5655 #88BD55

split-complementary

#55BCBD #BD5588 #BD8A55

monochromatic

#2A6D6D #3C9899 #55BCBD #81CDCE #ADDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#55BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCBD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCBD	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.095 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d0',
    500: '#55bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcbd;
$custom-light: #8fd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.577,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCBD

secondary

#CDA1A1

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCBD

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

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