#55C995#55C995

#55C995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C995
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(153, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(153, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 25.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -44.97, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 47.85, 160.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1236 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.13 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0550, 45.8716, 35.6982)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C995 #C95589

analogous

#55C95B #55C995 #55C3C9

triadic

#55C995 #9555C9 #C99555

tetradic

#55C995 #5B55C9 #C95589 #C3C955

square

#55C995 #5B55C9 #C95589 #C3C955

split-complementary

#55C995 #C955C3 #C95B55

monochromatic

#277C56 #36AB76 #55C995 #83D8B2 #B2E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#55C995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C995

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C995	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdab4',
    500: '#55c995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c995;
$custom-light: #8fdab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.103,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75542,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C995

secondary

#D5A5BA

accent

#4D8DDB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C995

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

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