#55AE8D#55AE8D

#55AE8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE8D
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 19%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -34.75, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 35.86, 165.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0971 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.1 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6879, 34.1245, 30.5325)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE8D #AE5576

analogous

#55AE60 #55AE8D #55A2AE

triadic

#55AE8D #8D55AE #AE8D55

tetradic

#55AE8D #6055AE #AE5576 #A2AE55

square

#55AE8D #6055AE #AE5576 #A2AE55

split-complementary

#55AE8D #AE55A2 #AE6055

monochromatic

#2C5D4B #40866C #55AE8D #7EC2A9 #A8D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55AE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#55AE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE8D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE8D	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA48B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ae',
    500: '#55ae8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae8d;
$custom-light: #8bc6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.753,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68638,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE8D

secondary

#C39CAA

accent

#5C86CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE8D

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

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