#55BE8F#55BE8F

#55BE8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BE8F
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 143)
HSL	hsl(153, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 24.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -41.51, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 44.04, 160.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.1144 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.12 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1153, 40.7389, 32.4157)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BE8F #BE5584

analogous

#55BE5B #55BE8F #55B9BE

triadic

#55BE8F #8F55BE #BE8F55

tetradic

#55BE8F #5B55BE #BE5584 #B9BE55

square

#55BE8F #5B55BE #BE5584 #B9BE55

split-complementary

#55BE8F #BE55B9 #BE5B55

monochromatic

#2A6E50 #3B9B70 #55BE8F #81CFAC #AEE0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#55BE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#55BE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BE8F

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BE8F	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55be8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2b0',
    500: '#55be8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55be8f;
$custom-light: #8dd2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55be8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BE8F

secondary

#CEA1B5

accent

#538DD4

background

#F9FDFA

surface

#F1FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0D1410

muted

#7E837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BE8F

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

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