#55BDAC#55BDAC

#55BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDAC
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -34.26, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.26, 180.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0999 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.1 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3870, 41.3022, 45.4452)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDAC #BD5566

analogous

#55BD78 #55BDAC #559ABD

triadic

#55BDAC #AC55BD #BDAC55

tetradic

#55BDAC #7855BD #BD5566 #9ABD55

square

#55BDAC #7855BD #BD5566 #9ABD55

split-complementary

#55BDAC #BD559A #BD7855

monochromatic

#2A6D62 #3C998A #55BDAC #81CEC2 #ADDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#55BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#55BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDAC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDAC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 181.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.192,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDAC

secondary

#CDA1A8

accent

#5469D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDAC

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

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