#55BFA7#55BFA7

#55BFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFA7
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 167)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -36.43, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 36.55, 175.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.1044 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.105 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3490, 41.9801, 43.1080)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFA7 #BF556D

analogous

#55BF72 #55BFA7 #55A2BF

triadic

#55BFA7 #A755BF #BFA755

tetradic

#55BFA7 #7255BF #BF556D #A2BF55

square

#55BFA7 #7255BF #BF556D #A2BF55

split-complementary

#55BFA7 #BF55A2 #BF7255

monochromatic

#2A7060 #3B9C86 #55BFA7 #81D0BE #AEE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#55BFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFA7

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFA7	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c1',
    500: '#55bfa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfa7;
$custom-light: #8ed3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFA7

secondary

#CEA1AC

accent

#5370D5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFA7

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

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