#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
RGBrgb(85, 196, 157)
HSLhsl(159, 48%, 55%)
HSVhsv(159, 57%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(56.6%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.12, -41.05, 10.15)
CIE-LCHlch(72.12, 42.28, 166.11°)
OKLaboklab(74.51% -0.1145 0.026)
OKLCHoklch(74.51% 0.117 167.2)
XYZxyz(29.5691, 43.8427, 38.7960)
Luminance0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##55C49D1.002.159.779.77
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7721.001.001.00
##0000009.7721.001.001.00

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

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#55C49D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva