#55B28D#55B28D

#55B28D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B28D
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 141)
HSL	hsl(156, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(156, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 20.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -36.59, 10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 38.09, 163.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.1018 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.105 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4722, 35.6930, 30.7940)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B28D #B2557A

analogous

#55B25F #55B28D #55A9B2

triadic

#55B28D #8D55B2 #B28D55

tetradic

#55B28D #5F55B2 #B2557A #A9B255

square

#55B28D #5F55B2 #B2557A #A9B255

split-complementary

#55B28D #B255A9 #B25F55

monochromatic

#2C614C #3F8B6D #55B28D #7FC5A9 #A9D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55B28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#55B28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B28D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B28D	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9ae',
    500: '#55b28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b28d;
$custom-light: #8cc9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.129,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B28D

secondary

#C69DAD

accent

#5A88CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B28D

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

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