#55A397#55A397

#55A397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.080 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A397
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(171, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -27.07, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 27.10, 182.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0796 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.08 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4271, 30.3582, 33.9500)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A397 #A35561

analogous

#55A370 #55A397 #5588A3

triadic

#55A397 #9755A3 #A39755

tetradic

#55A397 #7055A3 #A35561 #88A355

square

#55A397 #7055A3 #A35561 #88A355

split-complementary

#55A397 #A35588 #A37055

monochromatic

#2B534C #407B72 #55A397 #7BBAB0 #A3CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#55A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#55A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A397

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A397	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.080 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abeb5',
    500: '#55a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a397;
$custom-light: #8abeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66213,
    "c": 0.07967,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A397

secondary

#BD979D

accent

#6070C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A397

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

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