#55CAA5#55CAA5

#55CAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAA5
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 165)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -41.85, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 42.74, 168.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1173 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.119 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6551, 46.8859, 42.9717)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAA5 #CA557A

analogous

#55CA6B #55CAA5 #55B4CA

triadic

#55CAA5 #A555CA #CAA555

tetradic

#55CAA5 #6B55CA #CA557A #B4CA55

square

#55CAA5 #6B55CA #CA557A #B4CA55

split-complementary

#55CAA5 #CA55B4 #CA6B55

monochromatic

#277D62 #36AC87 #55CAA5 #84D9BE #B2E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55CAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#55CAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAA5

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAA5	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbbf',
    500: '#55caa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caa5;
$custom-light: #8fdbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.026,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76192,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAA5

secondary

#D5A5B5

accent

#4C79DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF7

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAA5

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

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