#55BDCE#55BDCE

#55BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDCE
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -25.04, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 30.61, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0854 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.098 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0799, 42.7794, 64.8945)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDCE #CE6655

analogous

#55CEA3 #55BDCE #5581CE

triadic

#55BDCE #CE55BD #BDCE55

tetradic

#55BDCE #A355CE #CE6655 #81CE55

square

#55BDCE #A355CE #CE6655 #81CE55

split-complementary

#55BDCE #CE5581 #CEA355

monochromatic

#267683 #33A1B2 #55BDCE #85CFDC #B4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDCE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDCE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1dd',
    500: '#55bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdce;
$custom-light: #90d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.43,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74378,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDCE

secondary

#D8AEA7

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDCE

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

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