#55BC98#55BC98

#55BC98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC98
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -38.62, 9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 39.72, 166.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.108 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.111 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3944, 40.1622, 36.0081)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC98 #BC5579

analogous

#55BC64 #55BC98 #55ACBC

triadic

#55BC98 #9855BC #BC9855

tetradic

#55BC98 #6455BC #BC5579 #ACBC55

square

#55BC98 #6455BC #BC5579 #ACBC55

split-complementary

#55BC98 #BC55AC #BC6455

monochromatic

#2B6C55 #3C9878 #55BC98 #81CDB3 #ADDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55BC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#55BC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC98

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC98	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B8B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b6',
    500: '#55bc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc98;
$custom-light: #8dd1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.029,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC98

secondary

#CCA0B0

accent

#5581D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC98

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

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