#55BC97#55BC97

#55BC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC97
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -38.85, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 40.06, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1084 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.111 167)
XYZ	xyz(27.3128, 40.1296, 35.5786)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC97 #BC557A

analogous

#55BC63 #55BC97 #55ADBC

triadic

#55BC97 #9755BC #BC9755

tetradic

#55BC97 #6355BC #BC557A #ADBC55

square

#55BC97 #6355BC #BC557A #ADBC55

split-complementary

#55BC97 #BC55AD #BC6355

monochromatic

#2B6C55 #3C9877 #55BC97 #81CDB2 #ADDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#55BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC97

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC97	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b5',
    500: '#55bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc97;
$custom-light: #8dd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.447,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC97

secondary

#CCA0B0

accent

#5582D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC97

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

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