#55B59D#55B59D

#55B59D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B59D
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 13.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -34.24, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 34.43, 173.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0978 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.098 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3533, 37.4110, 37.7240)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B59D #B5556D

analogous

#55B56D #55B59D #559DB5

triadic

#55B59D #9D55B5 #B59D55

tetradic

#55B59D #6D55B5 #B5556D #9DB555

square

#55B59D #6D55B5 #B5556D #9DB555

split-complementary

#55B59D #B5559D #B56D55

monochromatic

#2C6456 #3E8F7B #55B59D #80C8B6 #AADACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55B59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#55B59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B59D

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B59D	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbb9',
    500: '#55b59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b59d;
$custom-light: #8ccbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B59D

secondary

#C89EA8

accent

#5976CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B59D

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

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