#55A590#55A590

#55A590 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.086 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A590
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 144)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -29.78, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 29.97, 173.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0852 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.086 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2334, 30.8533, 31.1638)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A590 #A5556A

analogous

#55A568 #55A590 #5592A5

triadic

#55A590 #9055A5 #A59055

tetradic

#55A590 #6855A5 #A5556A #92A555

square

#55A590 #6855A5 #A5556A #92A555

split-complementary

#55A590 #A55592 #A56855

monochromatic

#2B5449 #407D6D #55A590 #7CBBAB #A4D0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#55A590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#55A590 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A590

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A590	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.086 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0b0',
    500: '#55a590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a590;
$custom-light: #8ac0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.08559,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A590

secondary

#BE98A2

accent

#607BC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A590

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

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