#55BD97#55BD97

#55BD97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BD97
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -39.30, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 40.60, 165.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1095 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.113 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5272, 40.5583, 35.6500)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BD97 #BD557B

analogous

#55BD63 #55BD97 #55AFBD

triadic

#55BD97 #9755BD #BD9755

tetradic

#55BD97 #6355BD #BD557B #AFBD55

square

#55BD97 #6355BD #BD557B #AFBD55

split-complementary

#55BD97 #BD55AF #BD6355

monochromatic

#2A6D55 #3C9977 #55BD97 #81CEB2 #ADDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#55BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BD97

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BD97	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b5',
    500: '#55bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bd97;
$custom-light: #8dd1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72622,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BD97

secondary

#CDA1B1

accent

#5483D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BD97

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

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