#55BEC1#55BEC1

#55BEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.097 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEC1
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 193)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -29.19, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 31.09, 200.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0919 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.097 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7814, 42.6053, 56.9905)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEC1 #C15855

analogous

#55C18E #55BEC1 #5588C1

triadic

#55BEC1 #C155BE #BEC155

tetradic

#55BEC1 #8E55C1 #C15855 #88C155

square

#55BEC1 #8E55C1 #C15855 #88C155

split-complementary

#55BEC1 #C15588 #C18E55

monochromatic

#2A7072 #3A9C9F #55BEC1 #82CFD1 #AFE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#55BEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEC1

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEC1	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.097 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d3',
    500: '#55bec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bec1;
$custom-light: #8fd2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74146,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEC1

secondary

#D0A3A2

accent

#5552D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEC1

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

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