#55C7A5#55C7A5

#55C7A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7A5
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 17.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -40.53, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 41.19, 169.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.1141 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.116 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9581, 45.4917, 42.7393)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7A5 #C75577

analogous

#55C76C #55C7A5 #55B0C7

triadic

#55C7A5 #A555C7 #C7A555

tetradic

#55C7A5 #6C55C7 #C75577 #B0C755

square

#55C7A5 #6C55C7 #C75577 #B0C755

split-complementary

#55C7A5 #C755B0 #C76C55

monochromatic

#287A61 #37A886 #55C7A5 #83D6BD #B1E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C7A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#55C7A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7A5

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7A5	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8bf',
    500: '#55c7a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7a5;
$custom-light: #8fd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75457,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7A5

secondary

#D4A4B2

accent

#4E78DA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7A5

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

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