#55AC97#55AC97

#55AC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.090 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AC97
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 151)
HSL	hsl(166, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -31.45, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 31.57, 174.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0902 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.09 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0823, 33.6686, 34.5018)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AC97 #AC556A

analogous

#55AC6B #55AC97 #5595AC

triadic

#55AC97 #9755AC #AC9755

tetradic

#55AC97 #6B55AC #AC556A #95AC55

square

#55AC97 #6B55AC #AC556A #95AC55

split-complementary

#55AC97 #AC5595 #AC6B55

monochromatic

#2C5A4F #408473 #55AC97 #7EC0B0 #A7D4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55AC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#55AC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AC97

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AC97	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ac97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.090 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5b5',
    500: '#55ac97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ac97;
$custom-light: #8bc5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ac97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.09045,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AC97

secondary

#C29BA4

accent

#5D78CA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AC97

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

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