#55A385#55A385

#55A385 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.090 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A385
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 133)
HSL	hsl(157, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -31.40, 8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 32.46, 165.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0879 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.09 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0753, 29.8175, 26.8305)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A385 #A35573

analogous

#55A35E #55A385 #559AA3

triadic

#55A385 #8555A3 #A38555

tetradic

#55A385 #5E55A3 #A35573 #9AA355

square

#55A385 #5E55A3 #A35573 #9AA355

split-complementary

#55A385 #A3559A #A35E55

monochromatic

#2B5343 #407B64 #55A385 #7BBAA2 #A3CFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#55A385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#55A385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A385

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A385	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.090 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abea8',
    500: '#55a385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a385;
$custom-light: #8abea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A385

secondary

#BD97A6

accent

#6088C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A385

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

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