#55B596#55B596

#55B596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B596
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -35.90, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 36.63, 168.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.101 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.103 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7727, 37.1787, 34.6663)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B596 #B55574

analogous

#55B566 #55B596 #55A4B5

triadic

#55B596 #9655B5 #B59655

tetradic

#55B596 #6655B5 #B55574 #A4B555

square

#55B596 #6655B5 #B55574 #A4B555

split-complementary

#55B596 #B555A4 #B56655

monochromatic

#2C6452 #3E8F75 #55B596 #80C8B0 #AADACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55B596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#55B596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B596

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B596	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbb4',
    500: '#55b596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b596;
$custom-light: #8ccbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.625,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70618,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B596

secondary

#C89EAB

accent

#597FCF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B596

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

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