#55B08D#55B08D

#55B08D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B08D
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 19.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -35.67, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 36.97, 164.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0995 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.103 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0772, 34.9030, 30.6623)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B08D #B05578

analogous

#55B05F #55B08D #55A5B0

triadic

#55B08D #8D55B0 #B08D55

tetradic

#55B08D #5F55B0 #B05578 #A5B055

square

#55B08D #5F55B0 #B05578 #A5B055

split-complementary

#55B08D #B055A5 #B05F55

monochromatic

#2C5F4B #3F886C #55B08D #7FC3A9 #A9D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#55B08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#55B08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B08D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B08D	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)

#ADA58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc8ae',
    500: '#55b08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b08d;
$custom-light: #8bc8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.923,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69135,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B08D

secondary

#C59CAC

accent

#5B87CD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B08D

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

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