#55BFD2#55BFD2

#55BFD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.100 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFD2
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -24.89, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 31.13, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0859 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.1 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0052, 43.8426, 67.6307)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFD2 #D26855

analogous

#55D2A6 #55BFD2 #5580D2

triadic

#55BFD2 #D255BF #BFD255

tetradic

#55BFD2 #A655D2 #D26855 #80D255

square

#55BFD2 #A655D2 #D26855 #80D255

split-complementary

#55BFD2 #D25580 #D2A655

monochromatic

#247988 #31A4B9 #55BFD2 #85D1DF #B6E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55BFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#55BFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFD2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFD2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DABD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.100 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2df',
    500: '#55bfd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfd2;
$custom-light: #91d2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFD2

secondary

#DAB0A8

accent

#5E46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFD2

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

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