#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
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(153, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -38.37, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 40.68, 160.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.1059 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.111 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5808, 36.3778, 29.3883)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55B489	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B489

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

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