#55BFCB#55BFCB

#55BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.098 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFCB
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -26.89, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 30.91, 209.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0888 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.098 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1521, 43.5014, 63.1378)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFCB #CB6155

analogous

#55CB9C #55BFCB #5584CB

triadic

#55BFCB #CB55BF #BFCB55

tetradic

#55BFCB #9C55CB #CB6155 #84CB55

square

#55BFCB #9C55CB #CB6155 #84CB55

split-complementary

#55BFCB #CB5584 #CB9C55

monochromatic

#27767F #35A1AE #55BFCB #84D1D9 #B3E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#55BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFCB

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFCB	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.098 205.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFCB

secondary

#D6ABA6

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFCB

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

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