#55A698#55A698

#55A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.083 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A698
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -28.30, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 28.30, 180.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0827 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.083 181)
XYZ	xyz(23.0477, 31.4688, 34.5592)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A698 #A65563

analogous

#55A670 #55A698 #558CA6

triadic

#55A698 #9855A6 #A69855

tetradic

#55A698 #7055A6 #A65563 #8CA655

square

#55A698 #7055A6 #A65563 #8CA655

split-complementary

#55A698 #A6558C #A67055

monochromatic

#2C554E #407E73 #55A698 #7CBCB1 #A5D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#55A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#55A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A698

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A698	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.083 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1b6',
    500: '#55a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a698;
$custom-light: #8bc1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.63,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66981,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.31471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A698

secondary

#BE999F

accent

#5F72C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A698

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

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