#55C99D#55C99D

#55C99D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C99D
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -43.23, 12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 44.95, 164.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1199 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.124 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7158, 46.1359, 39.1782)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C99D #C95581

analogous

#55C963 #55C99D #55BBC9

triadic

#55C99D #9D55C9 #C99D55

tetradic

#55C99D #6355C9 #C95581 #BBC955

square

#55C99D #6355C9 #C95581 #BBC955

split-complementary

#55C99D #C955BB #C96355

monochromatic

#277C5C #36AB7E #55C99D #83D8B8 #B2E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#55C99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C99D

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C99D	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaba',
    500: '#55c99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c99d;
$custom-light: #8fdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.241,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75738,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C99D

secondary

#D5A5B7

accent

#4D83DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C99D

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

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