#55B59E#55B59E

#55B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B59E
RGB	rgb(85, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -34.00, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 34.14, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0973 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.098 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4390, 37.4453, 38.1755)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B59E #B5556C

analogous

#55B56E #55B59E #559CB5

triadic

#55B59E #9E55B5 #B59E55

tetradic

#55B59E #6E55B5 #B5556C #9CB555

square

#55B59E #6E55B5 #B5556C #9CB555

split-complementary

#55B59E #B5559C #B56E55

monochromatic

#2C6457 #3E8F7B #55B59E #80C8B6 #AADACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#55B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B59E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B59E	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbba',
    500: '#55b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b59e;
$custom-light: #8ccbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.625,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B59E

secondary

#C89EA8

accent

#5975CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B59E

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

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