#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
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -32.10, -5.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 32.61, 190.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0968 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.098 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0251, 42.6506, 51.9355)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55BFB8	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55BFB8

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

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