#55BFA8#55BFA8

#55BFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFA8
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -36.19, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 36.27, 176.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.104 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.104 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4418, 42.0172, 43.5968)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFA8 #BF556C

analogous

#55BF73 #55BFA8 #55A1BF

triadic

#55BFA8 #A855BF #BFA855

tetradic

#55BFA8 #7355BF #BF556C #A1BF55

square

#55BFA8 #7355BF #BF556C #A1BF55

split-complementary

#55BFA8 #BF55A1 #BF7355

monochromatic

#2A7060 #3B9C87 #55BFA8 #81D0BF #AEE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#55BFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFA8

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFA8	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)

#B8B4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c1',
    500: '#55bfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfa8;
$custom-light: #8ed3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.981,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFA8

secondary

#CEA1AB

accent

#536FD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFA8

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

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