#55BE99#55BE99

#55BE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.112 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BE99
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -39.29, 9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 40.45, 166.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1097 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.112 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9068, 41.0555, 36.5847)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BE99 #BE557A

analogous

#55BE65 #55BE99 #55AFBE

triadic

#55BE99 #9955BE #BE9955

tetradic

#55BE99 #6555BE #BE557A #AFBE55

square

#55BE99 #6555BE #BE557A #AFBE55

split-complementary

#55BE99 #BE55AF #BE6555

monochromatic

#2A6E56 #3B9B79 #55BE99 #81CFB4 #AEE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#55BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BE99

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BE99	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.112 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2b7',
    500: '#55be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55be99;
$custom-light: #8dd2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BE99

secondary

#CEA1B1

accent

#5381D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BE99

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

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