#55BEC4#55BEC4

#55BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEC4
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -28.36, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 30.87, 203.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0906 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1194, 42.7405, 58.7709)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEC4 #C45B55

analogous

#55C492 #55BEC4 #5587C4

triadic

#55BEC4 #C455BE #BEC455

tetradic

#55BEC4 #9255C4 #C45B55 #87C455

square

#55BEC4 #9255C4 #C45B55 #87C455

split-complementary

#55BEC4 #C45587 #C49255

monochromatic

#297276 #399DA3 #55BEC4 #82CFD4 #B0E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#55BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEC4

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEC4	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d5',
    500: '#55bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bec4;
$custom-light: #90d2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEC4

secondary

#D2A6A3

accent

#5750D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEC4

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

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