#55B49A#55B49A

#55B49A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B49A
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -34.50, 4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 34.82, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.098 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.099 173)
XYZ	xyz(25.8977, 36.9046, 36.3241)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B49A #B4556F

analogous

#55B46B #55B49A #559FB4

triadic

#55B49A #9A55B4 #B49A55

tetradic

#55B49A #6B55B4 #B4556F #9FB455

square

#55B49A #6B55B4 #B4556F #9FB455

split-complementary

#55B49A #B4559F #B46B55

monochromatic

#2C6354 #3E8D78 #55B49A #7FC7B3 #AAD9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55B49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#55B49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B49A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B49A	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbb7',
    500: '#55b49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b49a;
$custom-light: #8ccbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.579,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B49A

secondary

#C79EA9

accent

#5979CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B49A

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

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