#55BEBE#55BEBE

#55BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEBE
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -30.01, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 31.38, 197.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0931 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.097 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4501, 42.4728, 55.2459)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEBE #BE5555

analogous

#55BE8A #55BEBE #558ABE

triadic

#55BEBE #BE55BE #BEBE55

tetradic

#55BEBE #8A55BE #BE5555 #8ABE55

square

#55BEBE #8A55BE #BE5555 #8ABE55

split-complementary

#55BEBE #BE558A #BE8A55

monochromatic

#2A6E6E #3B9B9B #55BEBE #81CFCF #AEE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#55BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEBE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEBE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d1',
    500: '#55bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bebe;
$custom-light: #8fd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74042,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEBE

secondary

#CEA1A1

accent

#5353D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEBE

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

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