#55AE99#55AE99

#55AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.092 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE99
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(166, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -31.91, 2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 32.02, 175.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0916 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.092 176)
XYZ	xyz(24.6296, 34.5011, 35.4923)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE99 #AE556A

analogous

#55AE6C #55AE99 #5596AE

triadic

#55AE99 #9955AE #AE9955

tetradic

#55AE99 #6C55AE #AE556A #96AE55

square

#55AE99 #6C55AE #AE556A #96AE55

split-complementary

#55AE99 #AE5596 #AE6C55

monochromatic

#2C5D51 #408675 #55AE99 #7EC2B2 #A8D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#55AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE99

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE99	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.092 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6b7',
    500: '#55ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae99;
$custom-light: #8bc6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.843,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.34503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE99

secondary

#C39CA5

accent

#5C77CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE99

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

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