#55BDAF#55BDAF

#55BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDAF
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -33.50, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 33.56, 183.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0986 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.099 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6784, 41.4188, 46.9797)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDAF #BD5563

analogous

#55BD7B #55BDAF #5597BD

triadic

#55BDAF #AF55BD #BDAF55

tetradic

#55BDAF #7B55BD #BD5563 #97BD55

square

#55BDAF #7B55BD #BD5563 #97BD55

split-complementary

#55BDAF #BD5597 #BD7B55

monochromatic

#2A6D64 #3C998D #55BDAF #81CEC4 #ADDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#55BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDAF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B5B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 183.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.923,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73312,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDAF

secondary

#CDA1A7

accent

#5465D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDAF

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

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