#55BC9D#55BC9D

#55BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BC9D
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -37.46, 6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 38.06, 169.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1057 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.107 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8125, 40.3295, 38.2104)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BC9D #BC5574

analogous

#55BC69 #55BC9D #55A7BC

triadic

#55BC9D #9D55BC #BC9D55

tetradic

#55BC9D #6955BC #BC5574 #A7BC55

square

#55BC9D #6955BC #BC5574 #A7BC55

split-complementary

#55BC9D #BC55A7 #BC6955

monochromatic

#2B6C58 #3C987C #55BC9D #81CDB6 #ADDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55BC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#55BC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC9D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BC9D	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b9',
    500: '#55bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bc9d;
$custom-light: #8dd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.942,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BC9D

secondary

#CCA0AE

accent

#557BD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BC9D

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

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