#55BFCD#55BFCD

#55BFCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFCD
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -26.32, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 30.93, 211.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0879 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.099 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3920, 43.5973, 64.4011)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFCD #CD6355

analogous

#55CD9F #55BFCD #5583CD

triadic

#55BFCD #CD55BF #BFCD55

tetradic

#55BFCD #9F55CD #CD6355 #83CD55

square

#55BFCD #9F55CD #CD6355 #83CD55

split-complementary

#55BFCD #CD5583 #CD9F55

monochromatic

#267782 #34A2B1 #55BFCD #84D1DB #B4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#55BFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFCD

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFCD	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2dc',
    500: '#55bfcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfcd;
$custom-light: #90d2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFCD

secondary

#D7ACA6

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFCD

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

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