#55BDB3#55BDB3

#55BDB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDB3
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 5.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -32.46, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 32.72, 187.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0968 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.098 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0771, 41.5783, 49.0794)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDB3 #BD555F

analogous

#55BD7F #55BDB3 #5593BD

triadic

#55BDB3 #B355BD #BDB355

tetradic

#55BDB3 #7F55BD #BD555F #93BD55

square

#55BDB3 #7F55BD #BD555F #93BD55

split-complementary

#55BDB3 #BD5593 #BD7F55

monochromatic

#2A6D67 #3C9990 #55BDB3 #81CEC7 #ADDFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#55BDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDB3

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDB3	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed1c9',
    500: '#55bdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdb3;
$custom-light: #8ed1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDB3

secondary

#CDA1A5

accent

#5460D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDB3

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

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