#55BFBB#55BFBB

#55BFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFBB
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -31.30, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 32.13, 193.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0955 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.098 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3429, 42.7777, 53.6092)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFBB #BF5559

analogous

#55BF86 #55BFBB #558EBF

triadic

#55BFBB #BB55BF #BFBB55

tetradic

#55BFBB #8655BF #BF5559 #8EBF55

square

#55BFBB #8655BF #BF5559 #8EBF55

split-complementary

#55BFBB #BF558E #BF8655

monochromatic

#2A706D #3B9C98 #55BFBB #81D0CD #AEE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFBB

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFBB	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2cf',
    500: '#55bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfbb;
$custom-light: #8fd2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFBB

secondary

#CEA1A3

accent

#5358D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFBB

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

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