#55C79D#55C79D

#55C79D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C79D
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(158, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -42.36, 11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 43.88, 164.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.1178 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.121 166)
XYZ	xyz(30.2526, 45.2096, 39.0238)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C79D #C7557F

analogous

#55C764 #55C79D #55B8C7

triadic

#55C79D #9D55C7 #C79D55

tetradic

#55C79D #6455C7 #C7557F #B8C755

square

#55C79D #6455C7 #C7557F #B8C755

split-complementary

#55C79D #C755B8 #C76455

monochromatic

#287A5C #37A87E #55C79D #83D6B8 #B1E5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55C79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#55C79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C79D

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C79D	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8ba',
    500: '#55c79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c79d;
$custom-light: #8fd8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75246,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.45212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C79D

secondary

#D4A4B6

accent

#4E81DA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C79D

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

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