#55C596#55C596

#55C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C596
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -43.04, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 45.30, 161.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1188 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.124 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2149, 44.0630, 35.8137)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C596 #C55584

analogous

#55C55E #55C596 #55BCC5

triadic

#55C596 #9655C5 #C59655

tetradic

#55C596 #5E55C5 #C55584 #BCC555

square

#55C596 #5E55C5 #C55584 #BCC555

split-complementary

#55C596 #C555BC #C55E55

monochromatic

#297756 #38A577 #55C596 #83D5B2 #B0E4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C596

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C596	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7b5',
    500: '#55c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c596;
$custom-light: #8ed7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.821,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74576,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C596

secondary

#D2A3B7

accent

#4F89D9

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C596

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

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