#55BFAA#55BFAA

#55BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFAA
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -35.69, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 35.72, 177.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.103 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.103 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6296, 42.0923, 44.5856)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFAA #BF556A

analogous

#55BF75 #55BFAA #559FBF

triadic

#55BFAA #AA55BF #BFAA55

tetradic

#55BFAA #7555BF #BF556A #9FBF55

square

#55BFAA #7555BF #BF556A #9FBF55

split-complementary

#55BFAA #BF559F #BF7555

monochromatic

#2A7062 #3B9C89 #55BFAA #81D0C0 #AEE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#55BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFAA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFAA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c3',
    500: '#55bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfaa;
$custom-light: #8ed3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFAA

secondary

#CEA1AA

accent

#536DD5

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFAA

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

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