#55CFA9#55CFA9

#55CFA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFA9
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 169)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -43.11, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 44.00, 168.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.1208 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.123 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2171, 49.4182, 45.3166)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFA9 #CF557B

analogous

#55CF6C #55CFA9 #55B8CF

triadic

#55CFA9 #A955CF #CFA955

tetradic

#55CFA9 #6C55CF #CF557B #B8CF55

square

#55CFA9 #6C55CF #CF557B #B8CF55

split-complementary

#55CFA9 #CF55B8 #CF6C55

monochromatic

#258467 #33B48C #55CFA9 #85DCC1 #B4EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#55CFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFA9

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFA9	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dec2',
    500: '#55cfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfa9;
$custom-light: #90dec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.311,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77522,
    "c": 0.12293,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFA9

secondary

#D9A7B7

accent

#4977DF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF7

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFA9

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

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