#55BFCE#55BFCE

#55BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFCE
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -26.04, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 30.95, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0875 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.099 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5131, 43.6458, 65.0389)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFCE #CE6455

analogous

#55CEA1 #55BFCE #5583CE

triadic

#55BFCE #CE55BF #BFCE55

tetradic

#55BFCE #A155CE #CE6455 #83CE55

square

#55BFCE #A155CE #CE6455 #83CE55

split-complementary

#55BFCE #CE5583 #CEA155

monochromatic

#267783 #33A3B2 #55BFCE #85D1DC #B4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#55BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFCE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFCE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2dd',
    500: '#55bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfce;
$custom-light: #90d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74849,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFCE

secondary

#D8ADA7

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFCE

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

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