#55BDBE#55BDBE

#55BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.096 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDBE
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -29.53, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 31.06, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0921 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.096 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2342, 42.0411, 55.1739)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDBE #BE5655

analogous

#55BE8B #55BDBE #5589BE

triadic

#55BDBE #BE55BD #BDBE55

tetradic

#55BDBE #8B55BE #BE5655 #89BE55

square

#55BDBE #8B55BE #BE5655 #89BE55

split-complementary

#55BDBE #BE5589 #BE8B55

monochromatic

#2A6E6E #3B9A9B #55BDBE #81CECF #AEDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#55BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDBE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDBE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.096 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd1d1',
    500: '#55bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdbe;
$custom-light: #8fd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73803,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDBE

secondary

#CEA1A1

accent

#5553D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDBE

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

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