#55B79A#55B79A

#55B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B79A
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(162, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -35.88, 6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 36.39, 170.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.1014 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.103 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5099, 38.1290, 36.5282)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B79A #B75572

analogous

#55B769 #55B79A #55A3B7

triadic

#55B79A #9A55B7 #B79A55

tetradic

#55B79A #6955B7 #B75572 #A3B755

square

#55B79A #6955B7 #B75572 #A3B755

split-complementary

#55B79A #B755A3 #B76955

monochromatic

#2B6655 #3E9178 #55B79A #80C9B4 #ABDBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#55B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B79A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B79A	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdb7',
    500: '#55b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b79a;
$custom-light: #8dcdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.245,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71223,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B79A

secondary

#C99FAB

accent

#577BD0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B79A

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

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