#55CA9F#55CA9F

#55CA9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CA9F
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 21.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -43.22, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 44.78, 164.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1201 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.124 166)
XYZ	xyz(31.1218, 46.6725, 40.1628)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CA9F #CA5580

analogous

#55CA65 #55CA9F #55BACA

triadic

#55CA9F #9F55CA #CA9F55

tetradic

#55CA9F #6555CA #CA5580 #BACA55

square

#55CA9F #6555CA #CA5580 #BACA55

split-complementary

#55CA9F #CA55BA #CA6555

monochromatic

#277D5E #36AC81 #55CA9F #84D9B9 #B2E7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55CA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#55CA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CA9F

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CA9F	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbbb',
    500: '#55ca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ca9f;
$custom-light: #8fdbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.949,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.46676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CA9F

secondary

#D5A5B7

accent

#4C81DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CA9F

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

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