#55BED0#55BED0

#55BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BED0
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -24.96, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 30.87, 216.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0857 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.099 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5403, 43.3089, 66.2541)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BED0 #D06755

analogous

#55D0A4 #55BED0 #5581D0

triadic

#55BED0 #D055BE #BED055

tetradic

#55BED0 #A455D0 #D06755 #81D055

square

#55BED0 #A455D0 #D06755 #81D055

split-complementary

#55BED0 #D05581 #D0A455

monochromatic

#257786 #32A2B6 #55BED0 #85D0DD #B5E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#55BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BED0

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BED0	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2de',
    500: '#55bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bed0;
$custom-light: #91d2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BED0

secondary

#D9AFA8

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BED0

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

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