#55BFBE#55BFBE

#55BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.097 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFBE
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -30.50, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 31.72, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0942 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.097 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6674, 42.9075, 55.3183)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFBE #BF5556

analogous

#55BF89 #55BFBE #558BBF

triadic

#55BFBE #BE55BF #BFBE55

tetradic

#55BFBE #8955BF #BF5556 #8BBF55

square

#55BFBE #8955BF #BF5556 #8BBF55

split-complementary

#55BFBE #BF558B #BF8955

monochromatic

#2A706F #3B9C9B #55BFBE #81D0CF #AEE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#55BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFBE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFBE	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.097 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d1',
    500: '#55bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfbe;
$custom-light: #8fd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.434,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFBE

secondary

#CEA1A2

accent

#5354D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFBE

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

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