#55B48B#55B48B

#55B48B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.110 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B48B
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(154, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 22.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -37.94, 12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 39.94, 161.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.105 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.11 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7256, 36.4357, 30.1509)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B48B #B4557E

analogous

#55B45B #55B48B #55AEB4

triadic

#55B48B #8B55B4 #B48B55

tetradic

#55B48B #5B55B4 #B4557E #AEB455

square

#55B48B #5B55B4 #B4557E #AEB455

split-complementary

#55B48B #B455AE #B45B55

monochromatic

#2C634B #3E8D6B #55B48B #7FC7A8 #AAD9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#55B48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#55B48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B48B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B48B	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.110 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbad',
    500: '#55b48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b48b;
$custom-light: #8ccbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.105,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B48B

secondary

#C79EB0

accent

#598CCF

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0D1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B48B

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

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