#55BE96#55BE96

#55BE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BE96
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -39.97, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 41.49, 164.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1111 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.115 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6622, 40.9577, 35.2961)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BE96 #BE557D

analogous

#55BE62 #55BE96 #55B2BE

triadic

#55BE96 #9655BE #BE9655

tetradic

#55BE96 #6255BE #BE557D #B2BE55

square

#55BE96 #6255BE #BE557D #B2BE55

split-complementary

#55BE96 #BE55B2 #BE6255

monochromatic

#2A6E54 #3B9B76 #55BE96 #81CFB1 #AEE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#55BE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BE96

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BE96	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55be96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2b4',
    500: '#55be96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55be96;
$custom-light: #8dd2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55be96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72844,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BE96

secondary

#CEA1B2

accent

#5385D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BE96

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

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