#55BDB2#55BDB2

#55BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDB2
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -32.72, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 32.92, 186.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0973 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.098 186)
XYZ	xyz(29.9763, 41.5380, 48.5487)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDB2 #BD5560

analogous

#55BD7E #55BDB2 #5594BD

triadic

#55BDB2 #B255BD #BDB255

tetradic

#55BDB2 #7E55BD #BD5560 #94BD55

square

#55BDB2 #7E55BD #BD5560 #94BD55

split-complementary

#55BDB2 #BD5594 #BD7E55

monochromatic

#2A6D66 #3C998F #55BDB2 #81CEC6 #ADDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#55BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#55BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDB2

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDB2	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c9',
    500: '#55bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdb2;
$custom-light: #8ed1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.41541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDB2

secondary

#CDA1A5

accent

#5462D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDB2

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

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