#55BD8A#55BD8A

#55BD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BD8A
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(151, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -42.13, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 45.37, 158.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1156 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.123 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5291, 40.1591, 30.3933)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BD8A #BD5588

analogous

#55BD56 #55BD8A #55BCBD

triadic

#55BD8A #8A55BD #BD8A55

tetradic

#55BD8A #5655BD #BD5588 #BCBD55

square

#55BD8A #5655BD #BD5588 #BCBD55

split-complementary

#55BD8A #BD55BC #BD5655

monochromatic

#2A6D4C #3C996B #55BD8A #81CEA8 #ADDFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#55BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BD8A

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BD8A	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)

#BBB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ac',
    500: '#55bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bd8a;
$custom-light: #8dd1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.577,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BD8A

secondary

#CDA1B6

accent

#5493D4

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BD8A

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

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