#55BEBC#55BEBC

#55BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEBC
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -30.55, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 31.63, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.094 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.097 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2330, 42.3860, 54.1025)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEBC #BE5557

analogous

#55BE88 #55BEBC #558CBE

triadic

#55BEBC #BC55BE #BEBC55

tetradic

#55BEBC #8855BE #BE5557 #8CBE55

square

#55BEBC #8855BE #BE5557 #8CBE55

split-complementary

#55BEBC #BE558C #BE8855

monochromatic

#2A6E6D #3B9B99 #55BEBC #81CFCD #AEE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#55BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEBC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEBC	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d0',
    500: '#55bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bebc;
$custom-light: #8fd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73975,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEBC

secondary

#CEA1A2

accent

#5356D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEBC

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

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