#55C196#55C196

#55C196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.119 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C196
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -41.30, 12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 43.13, 163.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1144 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.119 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3186, 42.2706, 35.5149)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C196 #C15580

analogous

#55C160 #55C196 #55B6C1

triadic

#55C196 #9655C1 #C19655

tetradic

#55C196 #6055C1 #C15580 #B6C155

square

#55C196 #6055C1 #C15580 #B6C155

split-complementary

#55C196 #C155B6 #C16055

monochromatic

#2A7255 #3A9F77 #55C196 #82D1B2 #AFE2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#55C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C196

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C196	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.119 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4b5',
    500: '#55c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c196;
$custom-light: #8ed4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.111,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C196

secondary

#D0A2B4

accent

#5286D6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C196

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

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