#55BB9B#55BB9B

#55BB9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB9B
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -37.48, 7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 38.18, 169.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1055 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.107 170)
XYZ	xyz(27.4303, 39.8360, 37.2476)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB9B #BB5575

analogous

#55BB68 #55BB9B #55A8BB

triadic

#55BB9B #9B55BB #BB9B55

tetradic

#55BB9B #6855BB #BB5575 #A8BB55

square

#55BB9B #6855BB #BB5575 #A8BB55

split-complementary

#55BB9B #BB55A8 #BB6855

monochromatic

#2B6B57 #3C977A #55BB9B #81CCB5 #ACDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#55BB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#55BB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB9B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB9B	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b8',
    500: '#55bb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb9b;
$custom-light: #8dd0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.39839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB9B

secondary

#CCA0AE

accent

#557DD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB9B

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

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