#55BE9B#55BE9B

#55BE9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BE9B
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 18.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -38.83, 8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 39.77, 167.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1088 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.111 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0734, 41.1221, 37.4619)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BE9B #BE5578

analogous

#55BE67 #55BE9B #55ADBE

triadic

#55BE9B #9B55BE #BE9B55

tetradic

#55BE9B #6755BE #BE5578 #ADBE55

square

#55BE9B #6755BE #BE5578 #ADBE55

split-complementary

#55BE9B #BE55AD #BE6755

monochromatic

#2A6E58 #3B9B7B #55BE9B #81CFB5 #AEE0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#55BE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BE9B

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BE9B	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55be9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2b8',
    500: '#55be9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55be9b;
$custom-light: #8dd2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55be9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72975,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BE9B

secondary

#CEA1B0

accent

#537ED4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BE9B

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

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