#55BDA2#55BDA2

#55BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDA2
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -36.73, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 37.01, 172.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1045 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.105 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4625, 40.9324, 40.5762)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDA2 #BD5570

analogous

#55BD6E #55BDA2 #55A4BD

triadic

#55BDA2 #A255BD #BDA255

tetradic

#55BDA2 #6E55BD #BD5570 #A4BD55

square

#55BDA2 #6E55BD #BD5570 #A4BD55

split-complementary

#55BDA2 #BD55A4 #BD6E55

monochromatic

#2A6D5C #3C9981 #55BDA2 #81CEBA #ADDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#55BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDA2

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDA2	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1bd',
    500: '#55bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bda2;
$custom-light: #8dd1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.10512,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDA2

secondary

#CDA1AC

accent

#5475D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDA2

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

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