#55BFAE#55BFAE

#55BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFAE
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -34.69, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 34.70, 181.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1013 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.101 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0137, 42.2460, 46.6088)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFAE #BF5566

analogous

#55BF79 #55BFAE #559BBF

triadic

#55BFAE #AE55BF #BFAE55

tetradic

#55BFAE #7955BF #BF5566 #9BBF55

square

#55BFAE #7955BF #BF5566 #9BBF55

split-complementary

#55BFAE #BF559B #BF7955

monochromatic

#2A7064 #3B9C8C #55BFAE #81D0C3 #AEE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#55BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFAE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFAE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c6',
    500: '#55bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfae;
$custom-light: #8ed3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.377,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFAE

secondary

#CEA1A9

accent

#5368D5

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFAE

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

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