#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
RGBrgb(85, 180, 153)
HSLhsl(163, 39%, 52%)
HSVhsv(163, 53%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(52.8%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.18, -34.73, 5.26)
CIE-LCHlch(67.18, 35.13, 171.38°)
OKLaboklab(70.46% -0.0985 0.0134)
OKLCHoklch(70.46% 0.099 172.3)
XYZxyz(25.8148, 36.8714, 35.8873)
Luminance0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##55B4991.002.518.378.37
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3721.001.001.00
##0000008.3721.001.001.00

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

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#55B499 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva