#55BDAB#55BDAB

#55BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDAB
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -34.51, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 34.51, 180.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.1004 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.1 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2913, 41.2640, 44.9413)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDAB #BD5567

analogous

#55BD77 #55BDAB #559BBD

triadic

#55BDAB #AB55BD #BDAB55

tetradic

#55BDAB #7755BD #BD5567 #9BBD55

square

#55BDAB #7755BD #BD5567 #9BBD55

split-complementary

#55BDAB #BD559B #BD7755

monochromatic

#2A6D62 #3C9989 #55BDAB #81CEC1 #ADDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#55BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#55BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDAB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDAB	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)

#B6B3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c4',
    500: '#55bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdab;
$custom-light: #8ed1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73189,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDAB

secondary

#CDA1A8

accent

#546AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDAB

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

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