#55BB8D#55BB8D

#55BB8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB8D
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -40.62, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 43.12, 160.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.112 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.118 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3220, 39.3927, 31.4106)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB8D #BB5583

analogous

#55BB5A #55BB8D #55B6BB

triadic

#55BB8D #8D55BB #BB8D55

tetradic

#55BB8D #5A55BB #BB5583 #B6BB55

square

#55BB8D #5A55BB #BB5583 #B6BB55

split-complementary

#55BB8D #BB55B6 #BB5A55

monochromatic

#2B6B4E #3C976E #55BB8D #81CCAA #ACDEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#55BB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#55BB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB8D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB8D	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0ae',
    500: '#55bb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb8d;
$custom-light: #8dd0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.941,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71872,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB8D

secondary

#CCA0B4

accent

#558ED3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB8D

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

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