#55B09A#55B09A

#55B09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.094 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B09A
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 0%, 12.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -32.62, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 32.76, 174.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0934 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.094 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1018, 35.3128, 36.0588)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B09A #B0556B

analogous

#55B06C #55B09A #5598B0

triadic

#55B09A #9A55B0 #B09A55

tetradic

#55B09A #6C55B0 #B0556B #98B055

square

#55B09A #6C55B0 #B0556B #98B055

split-complementary

#55B09A #B05598 #B06C55

monochromatic

#2C5F52 #3F8877 #55B09A #7FC3B3 #A9D7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55B09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#55B09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B09A

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B09A	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.094 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc8b7',
    500: '#55b09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b09a;
$custom-light: #8cc8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.495,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69499,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B09A

secondary

#C59CA6

accent

#5B77CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B09A

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

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