#55BDAE#55BDAE

#55BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDAE
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -33.75, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 33.79, 182.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.099 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.099 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5805, 41.3797, 46.4644)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDAE #BD5564

analogous

#55BD7A #55BDAE #5598BD

triadic

#55BDAE #AE55BD #BDAE55

tetradic

#55BDAE #7A55BD #BD5564 #98BD55

square

#55BDAE #7A55BD #BD5564 #98BD55

split-complementary

#55BDAE #BD5598 #BD7A55

monochromatic

#2A6D64 #3C998C #55BDAE #81CEC3 #ADDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#55BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDAE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDAE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c6',
    500: '#55bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdae;
$custom-light: #8ed1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.346,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDAE

secondary

#CDA1A7

accent

#5466D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDAE

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

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