#55BFBA#55BFBA

#55BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFBA
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -31.57, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 32.28, 192.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0959 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.098 191)
XYZ	xyz(31.2362, 42.7350, 53.0474)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFBA #BF555A

analogous

#55BF85 #55BFBA #558FBF

triadic

#55BFBA #BA55BF #BFBA55

tetradic

#55BFBA #8555BF #BF555A #8FBF55

square

#55BFBA #8555BF #BF555A #8FBF55

split-complementary

#55BFBA #BF558F #BF8555

monochromatic

#2A706C #3B9C97 #55BFBA #81D0CC #AEE0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#55BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFBA

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFBA	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2ce',
    500: '#55bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfba;
$custom-light: #8fd2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.17,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74148,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.42738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFBA

secondary

#CEA1A3

accent

#5359D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFBA

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

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