#55BEBF#55BEBF

#55BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEBF
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -29.74, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 31.28, 198.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0927 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.097 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5598, 42.5167, 55.8235)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEBF #BF5655

analogous

#55BF8B #55BEBF #5589BF

triadic

#55BEBF #BF55BE #BEBF55

tetradic

#55BEBF #8B55BF #BF5655 #89BF55

square

#55BEBF #8B55BF #BF5655 #89BF55

split-complementary

#55BEBF #BF5589 #BF8B55

monochromatic

#2A6F70 #3B9B9C #55BEBF #81CFD0 #AEE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#55BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEBF

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEBF	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)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d2',
    500: '#55bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bebf;
$custom-light: #8fd2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74077,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEBF

secondary

#CEA2A1

accent

#5453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEBF

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

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