#55C997#55C997

#55C997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C997
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(154, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(154, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -44.55, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 47.11, 161.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1227 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.129 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2161, 45.9360, 36.5463)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C997 #C95587

analogous

#55C95D #55C997 #55C1C9

triadic

#55C997 #9755C9 #C99755

tetradic

#55C997 #5D55C9 #C95587 #C1C955

square

#55C997 #5D55C9 #C95587 #C1C955

split-complementary

#55C997 #C955C1 #C95D55

monochromatic

#277C58 #36AB78 #55C997 #83D8B3 #B2E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#55C997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C997

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C997	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdab5',
    500: '#55c997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c997;
$custom-light: #8fdab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.138,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C997

secondary

#D5A5BA

accent

#4D8ADB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C997

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

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