#55BDBA#55BDBA

#55BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.096 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDBA
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -30.61, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 31.54, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0938 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.096 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8031, 41.8687, 52.9030)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDBA #BD5558

analogous

#55BD86 #55BDBA #558CBD

triadic

#55BDBA #BA55BD #BDBA55

tetradic

#55BDBA #8655BD #BD5558 #8CBD55

square

#55BDBA #8655BD #BD5558 #8CBD55

split-complementary

#55BDBA #BD558C #BD8655

monochromatic

#2A6D6B #3C9997 #55BDBA #81CECC #ADDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#55BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDBA

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDBA	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.096 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1ce',
    500: '#55bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdba;
$custom-light: #8fd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73668,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDBA

secondary

#CDA1A2

accent

#5458D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDBA

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

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