#55B397#55B397

#55B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B397
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -34.74, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 35.23, 170.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0983 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.099 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4498, 36.4036, 34.9576)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B397 #B35571

analogous

#55B368 #55B397 #55A0B3

triadic

#55B397 #9755B3 #B39755

tetradic

#55B397 #6855B3 #B35571 #A0B355

square

#55B397 #6855B3 #B35571 #A0B355

split-complementary

#55B397 #B355A0 #B36855

monochromatic

#2C6252 #3F8C75 #55B397 #7FC6B1 #AAD9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#55B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B397

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B397	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccab5',
    500: '#55b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b397;
$custom-light: #8ccab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.128,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70152,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B397

secondary

#C79DAA

accent

#5A7CCE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B397

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

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