#55BC95#55BC95

#55BC95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC95
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -39.30, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 40.76, 164.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1094 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.113 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1518, 40.0652, 34.7304)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC95 #BC557C

analogous

#55BC61 #55BC95 #55AFBC

triadic

#55BC95 #9555BC #BC9555

tetradic

#55BC95 #6155BC #BC557C #AFBC55

square

#55BC95 #6155BC #BC557C #AFBC55

split-complementary

#55BC95 #BC55AF #BC6155

monochromatic

#2B6C53 #3C9875 #55BC95 #81CDB0 #ADDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55BC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#55BC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC95

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC95	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b4',
    500: '#55bc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc95;
$custom-light: #8dd1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.282,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72323,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC95

secondary

#CCA0B1

accent

#5585D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC95

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

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