#55B49D#55B49D

#55B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.097 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B49D
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -33.77, 3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 33.92, 174.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0966 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.097 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1507, 37.0058, 37.6565)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B49D #B4556C

analogous

#55B46E #55B49D #559CB4

triadic

#55B49D #9D55B4 #B49D55

tetradic

#55B49D #6E55B4 #B4556C #9CB455

square

#55B49D #6E55B4 #B4556C #9CB455

split-complementary

#55B49D #B4559C #B46E55

monochromatic

#2C6356 #3E8D7A #55B49D #7FC7B5 #AAD9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#55B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#55B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B49D

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B49D	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.097 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbb9',
    500: '#55b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b49d;
$custom-light: #8ccbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.474,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70571,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B49D

secondary

#C79EA8

accent

#5976CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B49D

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

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