#55BDCC#55BDCC

#55BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDCC
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -25.61, -16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 30.53, 212.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0862 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.098 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8385, 42.6828, 63.6231)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDCC #CC6455

analogous

#55CCA0 #55BDCC #5582CC

triadic

#55BDCC #CC55BD #BDCC55

tetradic

#55BDCC #A055CC #CC6455 #82CC55

square

#55BDCC #A055CC #CC6455 #82CC55

split-complementary

#55BDCC #CC5582 #CCA055

monochromatic

#267580 #35A0AF #55BDCC #84CFDA #B3E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#55BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDCC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDCC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1db',
    500: '#55bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdcc;
$custom-light: #90d1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.563,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDCC

secondary

#D7ACA6

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDCC

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

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