#55BC99#55BC99

#55BC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC99
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -38.39, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 39.38, 167.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1075 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.11 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4766, 40.1951, 36.4413)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC99 #BC5578

analogous

#55BC65 #55BC99 #55ABBC

triadic

#55BC99 #9955BC #BC9955

tetradic

#55BC99 #6555BC #BC5578 #ABBC55

square

#55BC99 #6555BC #BC5578 #ABBC55

split-complementary

#55BC99 #BC55AB #BC6555

monochromatic

#2B6C56 #3C9879 #55BC99 #81CDB3 #ADDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#55BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC99

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC99	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b7',
    500: '#55bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc99;
$custom-light: #8dd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.612,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72428,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC99

secondary

#CCA0AF

accent

#5580D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC99

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

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