#55BC8E#55BC8E

#55BC8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC8E
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(153, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -40.84, 14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 43.30, 160.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1126 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.118 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6096, 39.8483, 31.8752)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC8E #BC5583

analogous

#55BC5A #55BC8E #55B6BC

triadic

#55BC8E #8E55BC #BC8E55

tetradic

#55BC8E #5A55BC #BC5583 #B6BC55

square

#55BC8E #5A55BC #BC5583 #B6BC55

split-complementary

#55BC8E #BC55B6 #BC5A55

monochromatic

#2B6C4F #3C986F #55BC8E #81CDAB #ADDFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#55BC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#55BC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC8E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC8E	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)

#B9B08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1af',
    500: '#55bc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc8e;
$custom-light: #8dd1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.204,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC8E

secondary

#CCA0B4

accent

#558DD3

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC8E

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

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