#55C299#55C299

#55C299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.118 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C299
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -41.07, 11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 42.60, 164.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.1141 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.118 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7851, 42.8121, 36.8774)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C299 #C2557E

analogous

#55C263 #55C299 #55B5C2

triadic

#55C299 #9955C2 #C29955

tetradic

#55C299 #6355C2 #C2557E #B5C255

square

#55C299 #6355C2 #C2557E #B5C255

split-complementary

#55C299 #C255B5 #C26355

monochromatic

#297357 #3AA07A #55C299 #82D2B4 #AFE2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55C299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55C299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C299

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C299	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.118 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5b7',
    500: '#55c299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c299;
$custom-light: #8ed5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.431,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7391,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C299

secondary

#D0A2B4

accent

#5183D7

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C299

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

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