#55BE97#55BE97

#55BE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.114 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BE97
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -39.75, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 41.14, 165.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1107 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.114 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7430, 40.9900, 35.7220)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BE97 #BE557C

analogous

#55BE63 #55BE97 #55B1BE

triadic

#55BE97 #9755BE #BE9755

tetradic

#55BE97 #6355BE #BE557C #B1BE55

square

#55BE97 #6355BE #BE557C #B1BE55

split-complementary

#55BE97 #BE55B1 #BE6355

monochromatic

#2A6E55 #3B9B77 #55BE97 #81CFB2 #AEE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#55BE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BE97

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BE97	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55be97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.114 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2b5',
    500: '#55be97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55be97;
$custom-light: #8dd2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55be97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BE97

secondary

#CEA1B2

accent

#5383D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BE97

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

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