#55BECE#55BECE

#55BECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BECE
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -25.54, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 30.77, 213.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0865 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.099 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2958, 43.2111, 64.9664)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BECE #CE6555

analogous

#55CEA2 #55BECE #5582CE

triadic

#55BECE #CE55BE #BECE55

tetradic

#55BECE #A255CE #CE6555 #82CE55

square

#55BECE #A255CE #CE6555 #82CE55

split-complementary

#55BECE #CE5582 #CEA255

monochromatic

#267783 #33A2B2 #55BECE #85D0DC #B4E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#55BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BECE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BECE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2dd',
    500: '#55bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bece;
$custom-light: #90d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74614,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BECE

secondary

#D8ADA7

accent

#5D49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BECE

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

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