#55BDAA#55BDAA

#55BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDAA
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -34.76, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 34.77, 179.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1008 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.101 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1964, 41.2260, 44.4412)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDAA #BD5568

analogous

#55BD76 #55BDAA #559CBD

triadic

#55BDAA #AA55BD #BDAA55

tetradic

#55BDAA #7655BD #BD5568 #9CBD55

square

#55BDAA #7655BD #BD5568 #9CBD55

split-complementary

#55BDAA #BD559C #BD7655

monochromatic

#2A6D61 #3C9988 #55BDAA #81CEC0 #ADDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#55BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#55BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDAA

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDAA	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c3',
    500: '#55bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdaa;
$custom-light: #8ed1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDAA

secondary

#CDA1A9

accent

#546BD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDAA

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

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