#55AF99#55AF99

#55AF99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.093 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AF99
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -32.39, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 32.53, 174.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0927 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.093 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8236, 34.8890, 35.5569)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AF99 #AF556B

analogous

#55AF6C #55AF99 #5598AF

triadic

#55AF99 #9955AF #AF9955

tetradic

#55AF99 #6C55AF #AF556B #98AF55

square

#55AF99 #6C55AF #AF556B #98AF55

split-complementary

#55AF99 #AF5598 #AF6C55

monochromatic

#2C5E51 #408776 #55AF99 #7FC3B2 #A8D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#55AF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#55AF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AF99

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AF99	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55af99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.093 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7b7',
    500: '#55af99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55af99;
$custom-light: #8cc7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55af99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69224,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AF99

secondary

#C49CA6

accent

#5C77CC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AF99

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

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