#55A48D#55A48D

#55A48D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.086 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A48D
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 141)
HSL	hsl(163, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 14%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -30.02, 4.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 30.35, 171.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0854 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.086 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8275, 30.4035, 29.9124)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A48D #A4556C

analogous

#55A466 #55A48D #5594A4

triadic

#55A48D #8D55A4 #A48D55

tetradic

#55A48D #6655A4 #A4556C #94A455

square

#55A48D #6655A4 #A4556C #94A455

split-complementary

#55A48D #A45594 #A46655

monochromatic

#2B5348 #407C6A #55A48D #7BBBA8 #A4D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#55A48D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#55A48D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A48D

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A48D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A48D	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.086 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfae',
    500: '#55a48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a48d;
$custom-light: #8abfae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.532,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66156,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A48D

secondary

#BD98A3

accent

#607EC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A48D

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

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