#55B488#55B488

#55B488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B488
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(152, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -38.59, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 41.06, 160.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1064 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.112 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5094, 36.3492, 29.0123)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B488 #B45581

analogous

#55B459 #55B488 #55B1B4

triadic

#55B488 #8855B4 #B48855

tetradic

#55B488 #5955B4 #B45581 #B1B455

square

#55B488 #5955B4 #B45581 #B1B455

split-complementary

#55B488 #B455B1 #B45955

monochromatic

#2C6349 #3E8D69 #55B488 #7FC7A6 #AAD9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#55B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B488

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B488	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbaa',
    500: '#55b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b488;
$custom-light: #8ccbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.211,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70004,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B488

secondary

#C79EB1

accent

#5990CF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B488

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

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