#55BFCA#55BFCA

#55BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFCA
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -27.18, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 30.92, 208.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0892 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.098 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0334, 43.4539, 62.5122)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFCA #CA6055

analogous

#55CA9B #55BFCA #5585CA

triadic

#55BFCA #CA55BF #BFCA55

tetradic

#55BFCA #9B55CA #CA6055 #85CA55

square

#55BFCA #9B55CA #CA6055 #85CA55

split-complementary

#55BFCA #CA5585 #CA9B55

monochromatic

#27757D #36A1AC #55BFCA #84D1D9 #B2E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#55BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFCA

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFCA	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2da',
    500: '#55bfca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfca;
$custom-light: #90d2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74703,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFCA

secondary

#D5AAA5

accent

#594CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFCA

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

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