#55BD8F#55BD8F

#55BD8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BD8F
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 143)
HSL	hsl(153, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 24.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -41.07, 14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 43.48, 160.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1133 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.119 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8994, 40.3072, 32.3438)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BD8F #BD5583

analogous

#55BD5B #55BD8F #55B7BD

triadic

#55BD8F #8F55BD #BD8F55

tetradic

#55BD8F #5B55BD #BD5583 #B7BD55

square

#55BD8F #5B55BD #BD5583 #B7BD55

split-complementary

#55BD8F #BD55B7 #BD5B55

monochromatic

#2A6D50 #3C9970 #55BD8F #81CEAC #ADDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55BD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#55BD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BD8F

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BD8F	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bd8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b0',
    500: '#55bd8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bd8f;
$custom-light: #8dd1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bd8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.462,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BD8F

secondary

#CDA1B4

accent

#548DD4

background

#F9FCFA

surface

#F1F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BD8F

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

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