#55A47D#55A47D

#55A47D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.099 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A47D
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 125)
HSL	hsl(150, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(150, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 23.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -33.64, 12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 36.02, 159.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0929 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.099 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7218, 29.9613, 24.0892)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A47D #A4557C

analogous

#55A456 #55A47D #55A4A4

triadic

#55A47D #7D55A4 #A47D55

tetradic

#55A47D #5655A4 #A4557C #A4A455

square

#55A47D #5655A4 #A4557C #A4A455

split-complementary

#55A47D #A455A4 #A45655

monochromatic

#2B5340 #407C5E #55A47D #7BBB9C #A4D0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#55A47D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#55A47D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55A47D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A47D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A47D	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)

#A29A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96917F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3EA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a47d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.099 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfa2',
    500: '#55a47d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a47d;
$custom-light: #8abfa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a47d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.38,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65722,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A47D

secondary

#BD98AA

accent

#6093C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A47D

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

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