#55BEBD#55BEBD

#55BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEBD
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -30.28, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 31.50, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0936 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.097 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3412, 42.4293, 54.6722)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEBD #BE5556

analogous

#55BE89 #55BEBD #558BBE

triadic

#55BEBD #BD55BE #BEBD55

tetradic

#55BEBD #8955BE #BE5556 #8BBE55

square

#55BEBD #8955BE #BE5556 #8BBE55

split-complementary

#55BEBD #BE558B #BE8955

monochromatic

#2A6E6E #3B9B9A #55BEBD #81CFCE #AEE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#55BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEBD

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEBD	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 194.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74008,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEBD

secondary

#CEA1A1

accent

#5355D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEBD

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

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