#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
RGBrgb(85, 183, 157)
HSLhsl(164, 40%, 53%)
HSVhsv(164, 54%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(53.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.19, -35.17, 4.52)
CIE-LCHlch(68.19, 35.46, 172.68°)
OKLaboklab(71.31% -0.1 0.0114)
OKLCHoklch(71.31% 0.101 173.5)
XYZxyz(26.7629, 38.2301, 37.8605)
Luminance0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##55B79D1.002.438.658.65
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6521.001.001.00
##0000008.6521.001.001.00

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

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#55B79D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva