#55C79E#55C79E

#55C79E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.121 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C79E
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(158, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 20.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -42.14, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 43.53, 165.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.1173 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.121 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3383, 45.2438, 39.4753)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C79E #C7557E

analogous

#55C765 #55C79E #55B7C7

triadic

#55C79E #9E55C7 #C79E55

tetradic

#55C79E #6555C7 #C7557E #B7C755

square

#55C79E #6555C7 #C7557E #B7C755

split-complementary

#55C79E #C755B7 #C76555

monochromatic

#287A5C #37A87F #55C79E #83D6B8 #B1E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55C79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#55C79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C79E

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C79E	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.121 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8ba',
    500: '#55c79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c79e;
$custom-light: #8fd8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.421,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75271,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C79E

secondary

#D4A4B5

accent

#4E80DA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C79E

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

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