#55BFAD#55BFAD

#55BFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFAD
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -34.94, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 34.94, 180.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1017 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.102 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9166, 42.2072, 46.0973)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFAD #BF5567

analogous

#55BF78 #55BFAD #559CBF

triadic

#55BFAD #AD55BF #BFAD55

tetradic

#55BFAD #7855BF #BF5567 #9CBF55

square

#55BFAD #7855BF #BF5567 #9CBF55

split-complementary

#55BFAD #BF559C #BF7855

monochromatic

#2A7064 #3B9C8C #55BFAD #81D0C2 #AEE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#55BFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFAD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFAD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c5',
    500: '#55bfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfad;
$custom-light: #8ed3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFAD

secondary

#CEA1A9

accent

#5369D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFAD

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

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