#55BB96#55BB96

#55BB96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB96
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -38.63, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 39.87, 165.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1078 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.111 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0191, 39.6715, 35.0817)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB96 #BB557A

analogous

#55BB63 #55BB96 #55ADBB

triadic

#55BB96 #9655BB #BB9655

tetradic

#55BB96 #6355BB #BB557A #ADBB55

square

#55BB96 #6355BB #BB557A #ADBB55

split-complementary

#55BB96 #BB55AD #BB6355

monochromatic

#2B6B54 #3C9776 #55BB96 #81CCB1 #ACDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#55BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB96

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB96	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b4',
    500: '#55bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb96;
$custom-light: #8dd0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB96

secondary

#CCA0B0

accent

#5583D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB96

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

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