#55B499#55B499

#55B499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B499
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -34.73, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 35.13, 171.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0985 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.099 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8148, 36.8714, 35.8873)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B499 #B45570

analogous

#55B469 #55B499 #55A0B4

triadic

#55B499 #9955B4 #B49955

tetradic

#55B499 #6955B4 #B45570 #A0B455

square

#55B499 #6955B4 #B45570 #A0B455

split-complementary

#55B499 #B455A0 #B46955

monochromatic

#2C6353 #3E8D77 #55B499 #7FC7B2 #AAD9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55B499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#55B499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B499

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B499	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbb7',
    500: '#55b499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b499;
$custom-light: #8ccbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.947,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B499

secondary

#C79EA9

accent

#597BCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B499

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

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