#55A296#55A296

#55A296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.079 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A296
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -26.83, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 26.86, 182.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0788 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.079 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1694, 29.9721, 33.4652)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A296 #A25561

analogous

#55A26F #55A296 #5587A2

triadic

#55A296 #9655A2 #A29655

tetradic

#55A296 #6F55A2 #A25561 #87A255

square

#55A296 #6F55A2 #A25561 #87A255

split-complementary

#55A296 #A25587 #A26F55

monochromatic

#2B524C #407A71 #55A296 #7BBAB0 #A3CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#55A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#55A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A296

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A296	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.079 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abeb4',
    500: '#55a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a296;
$custom-light: #8abeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.649,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A296

secondary

#BC979D

accent

#6070C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A296

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

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