#55B197#55B197

#55B197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.097 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B197
RGB	rgb(85, 177, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 0%, 14.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -33.81, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 34.18, 171.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.096 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.097 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0519, 35.6077, 34.8250)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B197 #B1556F

analogous

#55B169 #55B197 #559DB1

triadic

#55B197 #9755B1 #B19755

tetradic

#55B197 #6955B1 #B1556F #9DB155

square

#55B197 #6955B1 #B1556F #9DB155

split-complementary

#55B197 #B1559D #B16955

monochromatic

#2C6051 #3F8A75 #55B197 #7FC4B1 #A9D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55B197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#55B197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B197

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B197	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 177, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.097 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9b5',
    500: '#55b197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b197;
$custom-light: #8cc9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.043,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.09681,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B197

secondary

#C59DA8

accent

#5B7BCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B197

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

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