#55BC8D#55BC8D

#55BC8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC8D
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -41.06, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 43.67, 160.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.1131 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.119 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5349, 39.8184, 31.4815)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC8D #BC5584

analogous

#55BC59 #55BC8D #55B8BC

triadic

#55BC8D #8D55BC #BC8D55

tetradic

#55BC8D #5955BC #BC5584 #B8BC55

square

#55BC8D #5955BC #BC5584 #B8BC55

split-complementary

#55BC8D #BC55B8 #BC5955

monochromatic

#2B6C4E #3C986E #55BC8D #81CDAA #ADDFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#55BC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#55BC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC8D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC8D	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ae',
    500: '#55bc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc8d;
$custom-light: #8dd1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.621,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC8D

secondary

#CCA0B4

accent

#558ED3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC8D

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

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