#55A596#55A596

#55A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.082 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A596
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -28.31, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 28.31, 179.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0824 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.082 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7042, 31.0417, 33.6434)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A596 #A55564

analogous

#55A56E #55A596 #558CA5

triadic

#55A596 #9655A5 #A59655

tetradic

#55A596 #6E55A5 #A55564 #8CA555

square

#55A596 #6E55A5 #A55564 #8CA555

split-complementary

#55A596 #A5558C #A56E55

monochromatic

#2B544D #407D71 #55A596 #7CBBAF #A4D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#55A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#55A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A596

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A596	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.082 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0b4',
    500: '#55a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a596;
$custom-light: #8ac0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66673,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A596

secondary

#BE989F

accent

#6073C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A596

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

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