#55AD8A#55AD8A

#55AD8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.101 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AD8A
RGB	rgb(85, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -34.96, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 36.36, 164.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0974 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.101 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2753, 33.6514, 29.3087)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AD8A #AD5578

analogous

#55AD5E #55AD8A #55A4AD

triadic

#55AD8A #8A55AD #AD8A55

tetradic

#55AD8A #5E55AD #AD5578 #A4AD55

square

#55AD8A #5E55AD #AD5578 #A4AD55

split-complementary

#55AD8A #AD55A4 #AD5E55

monochromatic

#2C5B49 #408569 #55AD8A #7EC1A6 #A8D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55AD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#55AD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AD8A

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AD8A	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)

#AAA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.101 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ac',
    500: '#55ad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ad8a;
$custom-light: #8bc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.136,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68309,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AD8A

secondary

#C29BAB

accent

#5D89CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AD8A

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

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