#55BEC5#55BEC5

#55BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEC5
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -28.09, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 30.82, 204.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0902 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.097 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2336, 42.7862, 59.3724)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEC5 #C55C55

analogous

#55C594 #55BEC5 #5586C5

triadic

#55BEC5 #C555BE #BEC555

tetradic

#55BEC5 #9455C5 #C55C55 #86C555

square

#55BEC5 #9455C5 #C55C55 #86C555

split-complementary

#55BEC5 #C55586 #C59455

monochromatic

#297277 #389EA5 #55BEC5 #83CFD5 #B0E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEC5

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEC5	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d6',
    500: '#55bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bec5;
$custom-light: #90d2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74286,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEC5

secondary

#D2A6A3

accent

#584FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEC5

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

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