#55BB97#55BB97

#55BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.110 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB97
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -38.40, 9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 39.52, 166.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1073 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.11 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0999, 39.7038, 35.5076)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB97 #BB5579

analogous

#55BB64 #55BB97 #55ACBB

triadic

#55BB97 #9755BB #BB9755

tetradic

#55BB97 #6455BB #BB5579 #ACBB55

square

#55BB97 #6455BB #BB5579 #ACBB55

split-complementary

#55BB97 #BB55AC #BB6455

monochromatic

#2B6B54 #3C9777 #55BB97 #81CCB2 #ACDECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#55BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB97

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB97	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.110 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b5',
    500: '#55bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb97;
$custom-light: #8dd0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72128,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB97

secondary

#CCA0AF

accent

#5581D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB97

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

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