#55BDA3#55BDA3

#55BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDA3
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -36.49, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 36.71, 173.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.104 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.105 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5518, 40.9681, 41.0462)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDA3 #BD556F

analogous

#55BD6F #55BDA3 #55A3BD

triadic

#55BDA3 #A355BD #BDA355

tetradic

#55BDA3 #6F55BD #BD556F #A3BD55

square

#55BDA3 #6F55BD #BD556F #A3BD55

split-complementary

#55BDA3 #BD55A3 #BD6F55

monochromatic

#2A6D5D #3C9982 #55BDA3 #81CEBB #ADDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#55BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDA3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDA3	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B7B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1be',
    500: '#55bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bda3;
$custom-light: #8ed1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDA3

secondary

#CDA1AC

accent

#5474D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDA3

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

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