#55BDBD#55BDBD

#55BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDBD
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -29.80, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 31.16, 197.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0925 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.096 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1253, 41.9976, 54.6003)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDBD #BD5555

analogous

#55BD89 #55BDBD #5589BD

triadic

#55BDBD #BD55BD #BDBD55

tetradic

#55BDBD #8955BD #BD5555 #89BD55

square

#55BDBD #8955BD #BD5555 #89BD55

split-complementary

#55BDBD #BD5589 #BD8955

monochromatic

#2A6D6D #3C9999 #55BDBD #81CECE #ADDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#55BDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDBD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDBD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1d0',
    500: '#55bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdbd;
$custom-light: #8fd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73769,
    "c": 0.09586,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDBD

secondary

#CDA1A1

accent

#5454D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDBD

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

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