#55C99E#55C99E

#55C99E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.123 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C99E
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -43.01, 11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 44.59, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1195 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.123 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8015, 46.1702, 39.6296)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C99E #C95580

analogous

#55C964 #55C99E #55BAC9

triadic

#55C99E #9E55C9 #C99E55

tetradic

#55C99E #6455C9 #C95580 #BAC955

square

#55C99E #6455C9 #C95580 #BAC955

split-complementary

#55C99E #C955BA #C96455

monochromatic

#277C5D #36AB7F #55C99E #83D8B9 #B2E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#55C99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C99E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C99E	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)

#C5BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.123 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdaba',
    500: '#55c99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c99e;
$custom-light: #8fdaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C99E

secondary

#D5A5B7

accent

#4D81DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C99E

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

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