#55BC8A#55BC8A

#55BC8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC8A
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(151, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -41.69, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 44.81, 158.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1145 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.122 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3147, 39.7303, 30.3218)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC8A #BC5587

analogous

#55BC56 #55BC8A #55BABC

triadic

#55BC8A #8A55BC #BC8A55

tetradic

#55BC8A #5655BC #BC5587 #BABC55

square

#55BC8A #5655BC #BC5587 #BABC55

split-complementary

#55BC8A #BC55BA #BC5655

monochromatic

#2B6C4C #3C986B #55BC8A #81CDA8 #ADDFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#55BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC8A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC8A	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)

#BAAF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ac',
    500: '#55bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc8a;
$custom-light: #8dd1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.874,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72049,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC8A

secondary

#CCA0B6

accent

#5592D3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC8A

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

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