#55BB8A#55BB8A

#55BB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB8A
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -41.26, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 44.25, 158.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1134 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.12 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1018, 39.3046, 30.2509)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB8A #BB5586

analogous

#55BB57 #55BB8A #55B9BB

triadic

#55BB8A #8A55BB #BB8A55

tetradic

#55BB8A #5755BB #BB5586 #B9BB55

square

#55BB8A #5755BB #BB5586 #B9BB55

split-complementary

#55BB8A #BB55B9 #BB5755

monochromatic

#2B6B4C #3C976B #55BB8A #81CCA8 #ACDEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#55BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#55BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB8A

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB8A	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ac',
    500: '#55bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb8a;
$custom-light: #8dd0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.718,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB8A

secondary

#CCA0B5

accent

#5591D3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB8A

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

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