#55997A#55997A

#55997A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.085 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55997A
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(153, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -29.06, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 30.63, 161.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0809 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.085 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6489, 26.1176, 22.4671)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55997A #995574

analogous

#559958 #55997A #559699

triadic

#55997A #7A5599 #997A55

tetradic

#55997A #585599 #995574 #969955

square

#55997A #585599 #995574 #969955

split-complementary

#55997A #995596 #995855

monochromatic

#294A3B #3F725B #55997A #77B498 #9FCAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#55997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#55997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55997A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55997A	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.085 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7a0',
    500: '#55997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55997a;
$custom-light: #88b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.647,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62882,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55997A

secondary

#B793A3

accent

#6390C5

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55997A

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

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