#55B489#55B489

#55B489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.111 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B489
RGBrgb(85, 180, 137)
HSLhsl(153, 39%, 52%)
HSVhsv(153, 53%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.81, -38.37, 13.52)
CIE-LCHlch(66.81, 40.68, 160.59°)
OKLaboklab(70.03% -0.1059 0.0346)
OKLCHoklch(70.03% 0.111 161.9)
XYZxyz(24.5808, 36.3778, 29.3883)
Luminance0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B489 #B45580
analogous
#55B45A #55B489 #55B0B4
triadic
#55B489 #8955B4 #B48955
tetradic
#55B489 #5A55B4 #B45580 #B0B455
square
#55B489 #5A55B4 #B45580 #B0B455
split-complementary
#55B489 #B455B0 #B45A55
monochromatic
#2C634A #3E8D6A #55B489 #7FC7A6 #AAD9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#55B489 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28
#55B489 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B489
8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B489#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B4891.002.548.288.28
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2821.001.001.00
##0000008.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A887
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A49E8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#34B4A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.111 161.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbab',
    500: '#55b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b489;
$custom-light: #8ccbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.842,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B489
secondary
#C79EB0
accent
#598ECF
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#F0F8F4
border
#CBD1CE
text
#0D1310
muted
#7D827F

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#55B489 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva