#55BFB8#55BFB8

#55BFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55BFB8
RGBrgb(85, 191, 184)
HSLhsl(176, 45%, 54%)
HSVhsv(176, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(55.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.32, -32.10, -5.72)
CIE-LCHlch(71.32, 32.61, 190.10°)
OKLaboklab(74.08% -0.0968 -0.016)
OKLCHoklch(74.08% 0.098 189.4)
XYZxyz(31.0251, 42.6506, 51.9355)
Luminance0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55BFB8 #BF555C
analogous
#55BF83 #55BFB8 #5591BF
triadic
#55BFB8 #B855BF #BFB855
tetradic
#55BFB8 #8355BF #BF555C #91BF55
square
#55BFB8 #8355BF #BF555C #91BF55
split-complementary
#55BFB8 #BF5591 #BF8355
monochromatic
#2A706B #3B9C96 #55BFB8 #81D0CB #AEE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#55BFB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53
#55BFB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFB8
9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55BFB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55BFB81.002.209.539.53
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5321.001.001.00
##0000009.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5B6B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4A9B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55bfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 189.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2cd',
    500: '#55bfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55bfb8;
$custom-light: #8fd2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55bfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.09813,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55BFB8
secondary
#CEA1A4
accent
#535BD5
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F2F9F9
border
#CCD2D2
text
#0D1413
muted
#7E8282

Preview Lab

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#55BFB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva