#55A482#55A482

#55A482 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.094 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A482
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 130)
HSL	hsl(154, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 20.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -32.55, 10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 34.12, 162.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0905 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.094 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0493, 30.0922, 25.8139)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A482 #A45577

analogous

#55A45B #55A482 #559FA4

triadic

#55A482 #8255A4 #A48255

tetradic

#55A482 #5B55A4 #A45577 #9FA455

square

#55A482 #5B55A4 #A45577 #9FA455

split-complementary

#55A482 #A4559F #A45B55

monochromatic

#2B5342 #407C62 #55A482 #7BBBA0 #A4D0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#55A482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#55A482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A482

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A482	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.094 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfa6',
    500: '#55a482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a482;
$custom-light: #8abfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.177,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65851,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A482

secondary

#BD98A8

accent

#608DC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A482

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

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