#55BFBD#55BFBD

#55BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFBD
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -30.77, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 31.85, 194.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0946 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.097 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5585, 42.8639, 54.7447)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFBD #BF5557

analogous

#55BF88 #55BFBD #558CBF

triadic

#55BFBD #BD55BF #BFBD55

tetradic

#55BFBD #8855BF #BF5557 #8CBF55

square

#55BFBD #8855BF #BF5557 #8CBF55

split-complementary

#55BFBD #BF558C #BF8855

monochromatic

#2A706E #3B9C9A #55BFBD #81D0CE #AEE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#55BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFBD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFBD	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 193.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFBD

secondary

#CEA1A2

accent

#5355D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFBD

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

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