#55BEB2#55BEB2

#55BEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.099 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEB2
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -33.20, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 33.34, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0984 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.099 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1921, 41.9696, 48.6207)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEB2 #BE5561

analogous

#55BE7E #55BEB2 #5596BE

triadic

#55BEB2 #B255BE #BEB255

tetradic

#55BEB2 #7E55BE #BE5561 #96BE55

square

#55BEB2 #7E55BE #BE5561 #96BE55

split-complementary

#55BEB2 #BE5596 #BE7E55

monochromatic

#2A6E67 #3B9B90 #55BEB2 #81CFC6 #AEE0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#55BEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEB2

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEB2	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55beb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.099 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2c9',
    500: '#55beb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55beb2;
$custom-light: #8ed2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55beb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73648,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEB2

secondary

#CEA1A6

accent

#5362D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEB2

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

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