#55B79D#55B79D

#55B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B79D
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -35.17, 4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 35.46, 172.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.1 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.101 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7629, 38.2301, 37.8605)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B79D #B7556F

analogous

#55B76C #55B79D #55A0B7

triadic

#55B79D #9D55B7 #B79D55

tetradic

#55B79D #6C55B7 #B7556F #A0B755

square

#55B79D #6C55B7 #B7556F #A0B755

split-complementary

#55B79D #B755A0 #B76C55

monochromatic

#2B6657 #3E917B #55B79D #80C9B6 #ABDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#55B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#55B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B79D

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B79D	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcdb9',
    500: '#55b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b79d;
$custom-light: #8dcdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.082,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B79D

secondary

#C99FAA

accent

#5778D0

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B79D

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

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