#55A585#55A585

#55A585 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.093 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A585
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 133)
HSL	hsl(156, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -32.35, 9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 33.61, 164.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0903 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.093 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4332, 30.5333, 26.9498)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A585 #A55575

analogous

#55A55D #55A585 #559DA5

triadic

#55A585 #8555A5 #A58555

tetradic

#55A585 #5D55A5 #A55575 #9DA555

square

#55A585 #5D55A5 #A55575 #9DA555

split-complementary

#55A585 #A5559D #A55D55

monochromatic

#2B5444 #407D64 #55A585 #7CBBA2 #A4D0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#55A585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#55A585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A585

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A585	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3BA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.093 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0a8',
    500: '#55a585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a585;
$custom-light: #8ac0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66181,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A585

secondary

#BE98A7

accent

#6089C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A585

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

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