#55BFCF#55BFCF

#55BFCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFCF
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -25.75, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 30.98, 213.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0871 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.099 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6350, 43.6945, 65.6807)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFCF #CF6555

analogous

#55CFA2 #55BFCF #5582CF

triadic

#55BFCF #CF55BF #BFCF55

tetradic

#55BFCF #A255CF #CF6555 #82CF55

square

#55BFCF #A255CF #CF6555 #82CF55

split-complementary

#55BFCF #CF5582 #CFA255

monochromatic

#257884 #33A3B4 #55BFCF #85D1DC #B4E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#55BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFCF

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFCF	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DABCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2dd',
    500: '#55bfcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfcf;
$custom-light: #91d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74887,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFCF

secondary

#D9AEA7

accent

#5C49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFCF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →