#55BDCB#55BDCB

#55BDCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDCB
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -25.90, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 30.51, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0866 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.097 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7190, 42.6350, 62.9934)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDCB #CB6355

analogous

#55CB9E #55BDCB #5582CB

triadic

#55BDCB #CB55BD #BDCB55

tetradic

#55BDCB #9E55CB #CB6355 #82CB55

square

#55BDCB #9E55CB #CB6355 #82CB55

split-complementary

#55BDCB #CB5582 #CB9E55

monochromatic

#27747F #359FAE #55BDCB #84CFD9 #B3E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#55BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDCB

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDCB	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 207.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDCB

secondary

#D6ABA6

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDCB

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

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