#55BD99#55BD99

#55BD99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.111 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BD99
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -38.84, 9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 39.91, 166.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1086 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.111 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6910, 40.6238, 36.5127)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BD99 #BD5579

analogous

#55BD65 #55BD99 #55ADBD

triadic

#55BD99 #9955BD #BD9955

tetradic

#55BD99 #6555BD #BD5579 #ADBD55

square

#55BD99 #6555BD #BD5579 #ADBD55

split-complementary

#55BD99 #BD55AD #BD6555

monochromatic

#2A6D56 #3C9979 #55BD99 #81CEB3 #ADDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#55BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BD99

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BD99	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.111 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b7',
    500: '#55bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bd99;
$custom-light: #8dd1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BD99

secondary

#CDA1B0

accent

#5480D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BD99

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

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