#55BEC9#55BEC9

#55BEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEC9
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -26.96, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 30.70, 208.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0885 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.097 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6980, 42.9720, 61.8183)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEC9 #C96055

analogous

#55C99A #55BEC9 #5584C9

triadic

#55BEC9 #C955BE #BEC955

tetradic

#55BEC9 #9A55C9 #C96055 #84C955

square

#55BEC9 #9A55C9 #C96055 #84C955

split-complementary

#55BEC9 #C95584 #C99A55

monochromatic

#27747C #36A0AB #55BEC9 #83D0D8 #B2E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#55BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEC9

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEC9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d9',
    500: '#55bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bec9;
$custom-light: #90d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7443,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEC9

secondary

#D5A9A5

accent

#5A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEC9

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

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