#55A299#55A299

#55A299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.078 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A299
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -26.07, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 26.21, 185.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.0775 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.078 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4141, 30.0700, 34.7538)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A299 #A2555E

analogous

#55A272 #55A299 #5584A2

triadic

#55A299 #9955A2 #A29955

tetradic

#55A299 #7255A2 #A2555E #84A255

square

#55A299 #7255A2 #A2555E #84A255

split-complementary

#55A299 #A25584 #A27255

monochromatic

#2B524D #407A73 #55A299 #7BBAB2 #A3CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#55A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#55A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A299

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A299	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.078 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abeb7',
    500: '#55a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a299;
$custom-light: #8abeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.987,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66032,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A299

secondary

#BC979B

accent

#606CC7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A299

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

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