#55C79F#55C79F

#55C79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C79F
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 159)
HSL	hsl(159, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 20.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -41.91, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 43.19, 166.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.1168 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.12 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4247, 45.2784, 39.9304)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C79F #C7557D

analogous

#55C766 #55C79F #55B6C7

triadic

#55C79F #9F55C7 #C79F55

tetradic

#55C79F #6655C7 #C7557D #B6C755

square

#55C79F #6655C7 #C7557D #B6C755

split-complementary

#55C79F #C755B6 #C76655

monochromatic

#287A5D #37A880 #55C79F #83D6B9 #B1E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55C79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#55C79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C79F

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C79F	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8bb',
    500: '#55c79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c79f;
$custom-light: #8fd8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.947,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75297,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C79F

secondary

#D4A4B5

accent

#4E7FDA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C79F

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

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