#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
RGBrgb(85, 177, 151)
HSLhsl(163, 37%, 51%)
HSVhsv(163, 52%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(52%, 0%, 14.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.22, -33.81, 4.98)
CIE-LCHlch(66.22, 34.18, 171.62°)
OKLaboklab(69.66% -0.096 0.0127)
OKLCHoklch(69.66% 0.097 172.5)
XYZxyz(25.0519, 35.6077, 34.8250)
Luminance0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##55B1971.002.598.128.12
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1221.001.001.00
##0000008.1221.001.001.00

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

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#55B197 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva