#55C49D#55C49D

#55C49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.117 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C49D
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -41.05, 10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 42.28, 166.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1145 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.117 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5691, 43.8427, 38.7960)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C49D #C4557C

analogous

#55C465 #55C49D #55B4C4

triadic

#55C49D #9D55C4 #C49D55

tetradic

#55C49D #6555C4 #C4557C #B4C455

square

#55C49D #6555C4 #C4557C #B4C455

split-complementary

#55C49D #C455B4 #C46555

monochromatic

#29765B #39A37E #55C49D #82D4B7 #B0E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#55C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C49D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C49D	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ACA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.117 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed6ba',
    500: '#55c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c49d;
$custom-light: #8ed6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C49D

secondary

#D2A3B3

accent

#5080D8

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C49D

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

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