#55A280#55A280

#55A280 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.093 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A280
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(154, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(154, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 21%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -32.05, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 33.70, 161.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.089 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.093 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5612, 29.3289, 24.9954)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A280 #A25577

analogous

#55A259 #55A280 #559DA2

triadic

#55A280 #8055A2 #A28055

tetradic

#55A280 #5955A2 #A25577 #9DA255

square

#55A280 #5955A2 #A25577 #9DA255

split-complementary

#55A280 #A2559D #A25955

monochromatic

#2B5241 #407A60 #55A280 #7BBA9E #A3CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#55A280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#55A280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A280

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A280	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0987E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.093 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abea4',
    500: '#55a280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a280;
$custom-light: #8abea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.506,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65298,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A280

secondary

#BC97A7

accent

#608EC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A280

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

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