#55C09A#55C09A

#55C09A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C09A
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 154)
HSL	hsl(159, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 19.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -39.96, 9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 41.18, 166.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.1115 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.114 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4259, 41.9610, 37.1669)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C09A #C0557B

analogous

#55C065 #55C09A #55B0C0

triadic

#55C09A #9A55C0 #C09A55

tetradic

#55C09A #6555C0 #C0557B #B0C055

square

#55C09A #6555C0 #C0557B #B0C055

split-complementary

#55C09A #C055B0 #C06555

monochromatic

#2A7158 #3A9D7A #55C09A #82D1B5 #AEE1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55C09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#55C09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C09A

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C09A	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3b7',
    500: '#55c09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c09a;
$custom-light: #8ed3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.692,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C09A

secondary

#CFA2B2

accent

#5281D6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C09A

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

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