#55C99C#55C99C

#55C99C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C99C
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -43.46, 12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 45.30, 163.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.1204 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.125 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6307, 46.1019, 38.7304)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C99C #C95582

analogous

#55C962 #55C99C #55BCC9

triadic

#55C99C #9C55C9 #C99C55

tetradic

#55C99C #6255C9 #C95582 #BCC955

square

#55C99C #6255C9 #C95582 #BCC955

split-complementary

#55C99C #C955BC #C96255

monochromatic

#277C5B #36AB7D #55C99C #83D8B7 #B2E7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#55C99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C99C

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C99C	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdab9',
    500: '#55c99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c99c;
$custom-light: #8fdab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.724,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75713,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C99C

secondary

#D5A5B8

accent

#4D84DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C99C

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

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