#55BFAF#55BFAF

#55BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFAF
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -34.43, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 34.45, 181.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.1008 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.101 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1116, 42.2851, 47.1241)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFAF #BF5565

analogous

#55BF7A #55BFAF #559ABF

triadic

#55BFAF #AF55BF #BFAF55

tetradic

#55BFAF #7A55BF #BF5565 #9ABF55

square

#55BFAF #7A55BF #BF5565 #9ABF55

split-complementary

#55BFAF #BF559A #BF7A55

monochromatic

#2A7065 #3B9C8D #55BFAF #81D0C4 #AEE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#55BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFAF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFAF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 182.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFAF

secondary

#CEA1A8

accent

#5366D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFAF

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

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