#55BC89#55BC89

#55BC89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC89
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 137)
HSL	hsl(150, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(150, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -41.90, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 45.20, 157.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.1149 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.123 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2426, 39.7015, 29.9423)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC89 #BC5588

analogous

#55BC55 #55BC89 #55BBBC

triadic

#55BC89 #8955BC #BC8955

tetradic

#55BC89 #5555BC #BC5588 #BBBC55

square

#55BC89 #5555BC #BC5588 #BBBC55

split-complementary

#55BC89 #BC55BB #BC5555

monochromatic

#2B6C4C #3C986A #55BC89 #81CDA7 #ADDFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55BC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#55BC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC89

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC89	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)

#BAAF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ab',
    500: '#55bc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc89;
$custom-light: #8dd1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.291,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC89

secondary

#CCA0B6

accent

#5593D3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC89

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

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