#55BB98#55BB98

#55BB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.109 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB98
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -38.17, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 39.18, 166.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1068 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.109 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1815, 39.7364, 35.9372)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB98 #BB5578

analogous

#55BB65 #55BB98 #55ABBB

triadic

#55BB98 #9855BB #BB9855

tetradic

#55BB98 #6555BB #BB5578 #ABBB55

square

#55BB98 #6555BB #BB5578 #ABBB55

split-complementary

#55BB98 #BB55AB #BB6555

monochromatic

#2B6B55 #3C9778 #55BB98 #81CCB2 #ACDECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#55BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB98

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB98	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.109 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b6',
    500: '#55bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb98;
$custom-light: #8dd0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.412,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72155,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB98

secondary

#CCA0AF

accent

#5580D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB98

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

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