#55A080#55A080

#55A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.090 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A080
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(154, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(154, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -31.10, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 32.53, 162.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0866 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.09 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2117, 28.6299, 24.8789)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A080 #A05575

analogous

#55A05A #55A080 #559AA0

triadic

#55A080 #8055A0 #A08055

tetradic

#55A080 #5A55A0 #A05575 #9AA055

square

#55A080 #5A55A0 #A05575 #9AA055

split-complementary

#55A080 #A0559A #A05A55

monochromatic

#2B5040 #407860 #55A080 #7AB89E #A2CEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#55A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#55A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A080

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A080	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E977E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.090 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bca4',
    500: '#55a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a080;
$custom-light: #89bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.4,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64797,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A080

secondary

#BB96A6

accent

#618CC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A080

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

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