#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
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(160, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -35.91, 7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 36.75, 167.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1008 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.103 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4104, 36.7097, 33.7578)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##55B494	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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