#55BFBC#55BFBC

#55BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFBC
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -31.03, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 31.98, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0951 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.097 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4503, 42.8207, 54.1750)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFBC #BF5558

analogous

#55BF87 #55BFBC #558DBF

triadic

#55BFBC #BC55BF #BFBC55

tetradic

#55BFBC #8755BF #BF5558 #8DBF55

square

#55BFBC #8755BF #BF5558 #8DBF55

split-complementary

#55BFBC #BF558D #BF8755

monochromatic

#2A706E #3B9C99 #55BFBC #81D0CE #AEE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFBC

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFBC	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)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d0',
    500: '#55bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfbc;
$custom-light: #8fd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74215,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFBC

secondary

#CEA1A3

accent

#5357D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFBC

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

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