#55B486#55B486

#55B486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B486
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -39.01, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 41.82, 158.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.1073 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.114 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3686, 36.2929, 28.2707)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B486 #B45583

analogous

#55B456 #55B486 #55B3B4

triadic

#55B486 #8655B4 #B48655

tetradic

#55B486 #5655B4 #B45583 #B3B455

square

#55B486 #5655B4 #B45583 #B3B455

split-complementary

#55B486 #B455B3 #B45655

monochromatic

#2C6348 #3E8D67 #55B486 #7FC7A4 #AAD9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#55B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B486

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B486	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccba9',
    500: '#55b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b486;
$custom-light: #8ccba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.947,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B486

secondary

#C79EB2

accent

#5992CF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B486

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

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