#55BFA4#55BFA4

#55BFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFA4
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(165, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -37.16, 4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 37.42, 173.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1058 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.106 174)
XYZ	xyz(29.0749, 41.8705, 41.6644)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFA4 #BF5570

analogous

#55BF6F #55BFA4 #55A5BF

triadic

#55BFA4 #A455BF #BFA455

tetradic

#55BFA4 #6F55BF #BF5570 #A5BF55

square

#55BFA4 #6F55BF #BF5570 #A5BF55

split-complementary

#55BFA4 #BF55A5 #BF6F55

monochromatic

#2A705E #3B9C83 #55BFA4 #81D0BC #AEE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#55BFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFA4

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFA4	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3bf',
    500: '#55bfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfa4;
$custom-light: #8ed3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.717,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.41873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFA4

secondary

#CEA1AD

accent

#5374D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFA4

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

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