#55BFC8#55BFC8

#55BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFC8
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -27.74, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 30.96, 206.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.09 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7981, 43.3598, 61.2732)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFC8 #C85E55

analogous

#55C897 #55BFC8 #5585C8

triadic

#55BFC8 #C855BF #BFC855

tetradic

#55BFC8 #9755C8 #C85E55 #85C855

square

#55BFC8 #9755C8 #C85E55 #85C855

split-complementary

#55BFC8 #C85585 #C89755

monochromatic

#28747B #37A0A9 #55BFC8 #83D0D7 #B1E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#55BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFC8

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFC8	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d8',
    500: '#55bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfc8;
$custom-light: #90d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFC8

secondary

#D4A8A5

accent

#584DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFC8

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

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