#55BFC9#55BFC9

#55BFC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFC9
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -27.46, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 30.93, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0896 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9153, 43.4067, 61.8907)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFC9 #C95F55

analogous

#55C999 #55BFC9 #5585C9

triadic

#55BFC9 #C955BF #BFC955

tetradic

#55BFC9 #9955C9 #C95F55 #85C955

square

#55BFC9 #9955C9 #C95F55 #85C955

split-complementary

#55BFC9 #C95585 #C99955

monochromatic

#27757C #36A1AB #55BFC9 #83D0D8 #B2E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#55BFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFC9

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFC9	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2d9',
    500: '#55bfc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfc9;
$custom-light: #90d2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFC9

secondary

#D5A9A5

accent

#594DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFC9

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

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