#55BA8A#55BA8A

#55BA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BA8A
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -40.82, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 43.69, 159.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1122 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.119 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8904, 38.8818, 30.1804)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BA8A #BA5585

analogous

#55BA57 #55BA8A #55B7BA

triadic

#55BA8A #8A55BA #BA8A55

tetradic

#55BA8A #5755BA #BA5585 #B7BA55

square

#55BA8A #5755BA #BA5585 #B7BA55

split-complementary

#55BA8A #BA55B7 #BA5755

monochromatic

#2B6A4C #3D956B #55BA8A #81CCA8 #ACDDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#55BA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#55BA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BA8A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BA8A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfac',
    500: '#55ba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ba8a;
$custom-light: #8dcfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.485,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7155,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BA8A

secondary

#CBA0B4

accent

#5691D2

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BA8A

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

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