#55B494#55B494

#55B494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B494
RGBrgb(85, 180, 148)
HSLhsl(160, 39%, 52%)
HSVhsv(160, 53%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 0%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.06, -35.91, 7.84)
CIE-LCHlch(67.06, 36.75, 167.68°)
OKLaboklab(70.32% -0.1008 0.0201)
OKLCHoklch(70.32% 0.103 168.7)
XYZxyz(25.4104, 36.7097, 33.7578)
Luminance0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B494 #B45575
analogous
#55B464 #55B494 #55A5B4
triadic
#55B494 #9455B4 #B49455
tetradic
#55B494 #6455B4 #B45575 #A5B455
square
#55B494 #6455B4 #B45575 #A5B455
split-complementary
#55B494 #B455A5 #B46455
monochromatic
#2C6350 #3E8D73 #55B494 #7FC7AF #AAD9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#55B494 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34
#55B494 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B494
8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B494#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B4941.002.528.348.34
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3421.001.001.00
##0000008.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A992
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19F96
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2DB5AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 168.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbb3',
    500: '#55b494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b494;
$custom-light: #8ccbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.789,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70316,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B494
secondary
#C79EAC
accent
#5981CF
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F6
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0D1311
muted
#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B494

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#55B494 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva