#55BDCF#55BDCF

#55BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.099 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDCF
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -24.75, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 30.67, 216.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.085 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.099 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2018, 42.8282, 65.5363)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDCF #CF6755

analogous

#55CFA4 #55BDCF #5580CF

triadic

#55BDCF #CF55BD #BDCF55

tetradic

#55BDCF #A455CF #CF6755 #80CF55

square

#55BDCF #A455CF #CF6755 #80CF55

split-complementary

#55BDCF #CF5580 #CFA455

monochromatic

#257684 #33A1B4 #55BDCF #85D0DC #B4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#55BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDCF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDCF	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.099 210.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74416,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDCF

secondary

#D9AEA7

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDCF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →