#55A98F#55A98F

#55A98F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.091 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A98F
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 143)
HSL	hsl(161, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -31.94, 5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 32.43, 170.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0904 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.092 171)
XYZ	xyz(22.8901, 32.2885, 31.0073)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A98F #A9556F

analogous

#55A965 #55A98F #5599A9

triadic

#55A98F #8F55A9 #A98F55

tetradic

#55A98F #6555A9 #A9556F #99A955

square

#55A98F #6555A9 #A9556F #99A955

split-complementary

#55A98F #A95599 #A96555

monochromatic

#2C584A #41806D #55A98F #7DBEAA #A6D2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#55A98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#55A98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A98F

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A98F	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.091 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3af',
    500: '#55a98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a98f;
$custom-light: #8bc3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.429,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67453,
    "c": 0.0915,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.3229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A98F

secondary

#C09AA6

accent

#5F80C9

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A98F

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

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