#55CA99#55CA99

#55CA99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CA99
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 153)
HSL	hsl(155, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 24.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -44.54, 14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 46.92, 161.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.1228 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.129 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6137, 46.4693, 37.4870)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CA99 #CA5586

analogous

#55CA5F #55CA99 #55C0CA

triadic

#55CA99 #9955CA #CA9955

tetradic

#55CA99 #5F55CA #CA5586 #C0CA55

square

#55CA99 #5F55CA #CA5586 #C0CA55

split-complementary

#55CA99 #CA55C0 #CA5F55

monochromatic

#277D59 #36AC7B #55CA99 #84D9B5 #B2E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55CA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#55CA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CA99

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CA99	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ca99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbb7',
    500: '#55ca99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ca99;
$custom-light: #8fdbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ca99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.872,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75885,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CA99

secondary

#D5A5B9

accent

#4C88DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CA99

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

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