#55BFCC#55BFCC

#55BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFCC
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -26.61, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 30.91, 210.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0883 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.099 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2717, 43.5492, 63.7674)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFCC #CC6255

analogous

#55CC9E #55BFCC #5584CC

triadic

#55BFCC #CC55BF #BFCC55

tetradic

#55BFCC #9E55CC #CC6255 #84CC55

square

#55BFCC #9E55CC #CC6255 #84CC55

split-complementary

#55BFCC #CC5584 #CC9E55

monochromatic

#267680 #35A2AF #55BFCC #84D1DA #B3E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#55BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFCC

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFCC	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2db',
    500: '#55bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfcc;
$custom-light: #90d2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74776,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFCC

secondary

#D7ABA6

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFCC

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

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