#55BEAA#55BEAA

#55BEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEAA
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -35.23, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 35.24, 178.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1019 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.102 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4122, 41.6577, 44.5132)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEAA #BE5569

analogous

#55BE76 #55BEAA #559EBE

triadic

#55BEAA #AA55BE #BEAA55

tetradic

#55BEAA #7655BE #BE5569 #9EBE55

square

#55BEAA #7655BE #BE5569 #9EBE55

split-complementary

#55BEAA #BE559E #BE7655

monochromatic

#2A6E61 #3B9B88 #55BEAA #81CFC0 #AEE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#55BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEAA

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEAA	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2c3',
    500: '#55beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55beaa;
$custom-light: #8ed2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.10197,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEAA

secondary

#CEA1AA

accent

#536CD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEAA

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

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