#55BCBF#55BCBF

#55BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.095 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCBF
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -28.77, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 30.65, 200.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0905 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.095 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1296, 41.6563, 55.6801)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCBF #BF5855

analogous

#55BF8D #55BCBF #5587BF

triadic

#55BCBF #BF55BC #BCBF55

tetradic

#55BCBF #8D55BF #BF5855 #87BF55

square

#55BCBF #8D55BF #BF5855 #87BF55

split-complementary

#55BCBF #BF5587 #BF8D55

monochromatic

#2A6E70 #3B999C #55BCBF #81CED0 #AEDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#55BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCBF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCBF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.095 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd0d2',
    500: '#55bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcbf;
$custom-light: #8fd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCBF

secondary

#CEA3A1

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCBF

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

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