#55BFAB#55BFAB

#55BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFAB
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -35.44, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 35.45, 178.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.1026 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.103 179)
XYZ	xyz(29.7245, 42.1303, 45.0857)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFAB #BF5569

analogous

#55BF76 #55BFAB #559EBF

triadic

#55BFAB #AB55BF #BFAB55

tetradic

#55BFAB #7655BF #BF5569 #9EBF55

square

#55BFAB #7655BF #BF5569 #9EBF55

split-complementary

#55BFAB #BF559E #BF7655

monochromatic

#2A7062 #3B9C8A #55BFAB #81D0C1 #AEE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#55BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFAB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFAB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c4',
    500: '#55bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfab;
$custom-light: #8ed3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.42133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFAB

secondary

#CEA1AA

accent

#536BD5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFAB

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

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