#55BECF#55BECF

#55BECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BECF
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -25.25, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 30.82, 214.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0861 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.099 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4176, 43.2598, 65.6083)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BECF #CF6655

analogous

#55CFA3 #55BECF #5581CF

triadic

#55BECF #CF55BE #BECF55

tetradic

#55BECF #A355CF #CF6655 #81CF55

square

#55BECF #A355CF #CF6655 #81CF55

split-complementary

#55BECF #CF5581 #CFA355

monochromatic

#257784 #33A2B4 #55BECF #85D0DC #B4E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#55BECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BECF

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BECF	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55becf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 209.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55becf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BECF

secondary

#D9AEA7

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BECF

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

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