#55CA9E#55CA9E

#55CA9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.125 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CA9E
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -43.44, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 45.13, 164.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1205 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.125 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0354, 46.6380, 39.7076)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CA9E #CA5581

analogous

#55CA64 #55CA9E #55BCCA

triadic

#55CA9E #9E55CA #CA9E55

tetradic

#55CA9E #6455CA #CA5581 #BCCA55

square

#55CA9E #6455CA #CA5581 #BCCA55

split-complementary

#55CA9E #CA55BC #CA6455

monochromatic

#277D5D #36AC80 #55CA9E #84D9B9 #B2E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55CA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#55CA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CA9E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CA9E	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.125 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbba',
    500: '#55ca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ca9e;
$custom-light: #8fdbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.436,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CA9E

secondary

#D5A5B7

accent

#4C82DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CA9E

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

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