#55BDCD#55BDCD

#55BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.098 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDCD
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -25.33, -17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 30.57, 214.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0858 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.098 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9588, 42.7310, 64.2567)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDCD #CD6555

analogous

#55CDA1 #55BDCD #5581CD

triadic

#55BDCD #CD55BD #BDCD55

tetradic

#55BDCD #A155CD #CD6555 #81CD55

square

#55BDCD #A155CD #CD6555 #81CD55

split-complementary

#55BDCD #CD5581 #CDA155

monochromatic

#267582 #34A0B1 #55BDCD #84CFDB #B4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#55BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDCD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDCD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.098 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1dc',
    500: '#55bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdcd;
$custom-light: #90d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74341,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDCD

secondary

#D7ADA6

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDCD

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

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