#55BFC0#55BFC0

#55BFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.097 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFC0
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -29.95, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 31.50, 198.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0934 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.097 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8875, 42.9955, 56.4774)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFC0 #C05655

analogous

#55C08C #55BFC0 #558AC0

triadic

#55BFC0 #C055BF #BFC055

tetradic

#55BFC0 #8C55C0 #C05655 #8AC055

square

#55BFC0 #8C55C0 #C05655 #8AC055

split-complementary

#55BFC0 #C0558A #C08C55

monochromatic

#2A7071 #3A9D9D #55BFC0 #82D0D1 #AEE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#55BFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFC0

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFC0	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.097 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2d3',
    500: '#55bfc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfc0;
$custom-light: #8fd2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7435,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFC0

secondary

#CFA2A2

accent

#5352D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFC0

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

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