#55BEC2#55BEC2

#55BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEC2
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -28.92, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.01, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0914 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.097 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8933, 42.6501, 57.5800)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEC2 #C25955

analogous

#55C290 #55BEC2 #5588C2

triadic

#55BEC2 #C255BE #BEC255

tetradic

#55BEC2 #9055C2 #C25955 #88C255

square

#55BEC2 #9055C2 #C25955 #88C255

split-complementary

#55BEC2 #C25588 #C29055

monochromatic

#297173 #3A9DA0 #55BEC2 #82CFD2 #AFE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#55BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEC2

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEC2	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d4',
    500: '#55bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bec2;
$custom-light: #8fd2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEC2

secondary

#D0A4A2

accent

#5651D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEC2

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

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