#55BDCA#55BDCA

#55BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDCA
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -26.18, -15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 30.49, 210.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.087 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.097 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6002, 42.5875, 62.3678)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDCA #CA6255

analogous

#55CA9D #55BDCA #5583CA

triadic

#55BDCA #CA55BD #BDCA55

tetradic

#55BDCA #9D55CA #CA6255 #83CA55

square

#55BDCA #9D55CA #CA6255 #83CA55

split-complementary

#55BDCA #CA5583 #CA9D55

monochromatic

#27747D #369FAC #55BDCA #84CFD9 #B2E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#55BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDCA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDCA	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1da',
    500: '#55bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdca;
$custom-light: #90d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDCA

secondary

#D5ABA5

accent

#5C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDCA

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

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