#55BB9D#55BB9D

#55BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BB9D
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -37.01, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 37.53, 170.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1045 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.106 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5997, 39.9037, 38.1395)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BB9D #BB5573

analogous

#55BB6A #55BB9D #55A6BB

triadic

#55BB9D #9D55BB #BB9D55

tetradic

#55BB9D #6A55BB #BB5573 #A6BB55

square

#55BB9D #6A55BB #BB5573 #A6BB55

split-complementary

#55BB9D #BB55A6 #BB6A55

monochromatic

#2B6B58 #3C977C #55BB9D #81CCB6 #ACDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#55BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#55BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BB9D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BB9D	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0b9',
    500: '#55bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bb9d;
$custom-light: #8dd0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72291,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BB9D

secondary

#CCA0AD

accent

#557AD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BB9D

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

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