#55C199#55C199

#55C199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C199
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -40.63, 10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 42.06, 164.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.113 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.116 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5633, 42.3684, 36.8035)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C199 #C1557D

analogous

#55C163 #55C199 #55B3C1

triadic

#55C199 #9955C1 #C19955

tetradic

#55C199 #6355C1 #C1557D #B3C155

square

#55C199 #6355C1 #C1557D #B3C155

split-complementary

#55C199 #C155B3 #C16355

monochromatic

#2A7257 #3A9F79 #55C199 #82D1B4 #AFE2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55C199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#55C199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C199

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C199	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed4b7',
    500: '#55c199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c199;
$custom-light: #8ed4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73663,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C199

secondary

#D0A2B3

accent

#5283D6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C199

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

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