#55a488

Color #55a488

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 15.34 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#55a488

RGB

rgb(85, 164, 136)

HSL

hsl(158.7, 31.7%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(158.7, 48.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.2%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(61.88, -31.19, 7.09)

LCH

lch(61.88, 31.99, 167.19)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0896, 168.28)

HWB

hwb(158.7, 33.3%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a45571

Analogous

#55a460

#55a488

#5598a4

Triadic

#55a488

#8855a4

#a48855

Split-complementary

#55a488

#a45598

#a46055

Tetradic

#55a488

#5571a4

#a45571

#a48855

Square

#55a488

#6055a4

#a45571

#98a455

Shades

Color #55a488 mixed toward black.

#478971

#396d5b

#2a5244

#1c372d

#0e1b17

Tints

Color #55a488 mixed toward white.

#70b59c

#8cc4b0

#a9d2c4

#c6e1d7

#e2f0eb

Tones

Color #55a488 mixed toward gray.

#5c9d86

#629784

#699082

#6f8a80

#76837e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.98:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f808f · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#7a7491 · ΔE 32.5

Tritanopia

#5b9596 · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 22.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #55a488;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55a488]

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Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#55a488 (#55a488) is rgb(85, 164, 136) in RGB.

No, #55a488 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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