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#55BC8D

#55bc8d ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#55bc8d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 73.73% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 152.62°, with 43.46% saturation and 53.53% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 3.07.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.3982

Complementary

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #bc5584

Split complementary

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #bc55b8
  3. #bc5955

Analogous

  1. #55bc59
  2. #55bc8d
  3. #55b8bc

Triadic

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #8d55bc
  3. #bc8d55

Tetradic

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #5584bc
  3. #bc5584
  4. #bc8d55

Square

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #5955bc
  3. #bc5584
  4. #b8bc55

Monochromatic

  1. #22563e
  2. #388d66
  3. #55bc8d
  4. #8cd2b2
  5. #c3e7d7

Shades

#55bc8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #4da97f
  3. #449671
  4. #3c8463
  5. #337155
  6. #2b5e47
  7. #224b38
  8. #1a382a
  9. #11261c
  10. #09130e
  11. #000000

Tints

#55bc8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #66c398
  3. #77c9a4
  4. #88d0af
  5. #99d7bb
  6. #aadec6
  7. #bbe4d1
  8. #ccebdd
  9. #ddf2e8
  10. #eef8f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#55bc8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #55bc8d
  2. #59b68c
  3. #5eb08a
  4. #62aa89
  5. #66a488
  6. #6b9e87
  7. #6f9885
  8. #739284
  9. #778c83
  10. #7c8681
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bab08a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba590 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2ebcaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bb58b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90af8f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #41bca3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-55bc8d {
  color: #55bc8d;
}
Background
.bg-55bc8d {
  background-color: #55bc8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-55bc8d {
  border: 2px solid #55bc8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #55bc8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 188 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 153 43% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-55bc8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55bc8d, #55b8bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-55bc8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 188 141 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 3.07 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 5.44 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.52 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.94 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.40 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.08 #00a86b Jade ΔE 8.00 #aa4372 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Mint
#55bc8d  rgb(85, 188, 141)  hsl(153, 43%, 54%)  Mint
#bc5584  rgb(188, 85, 132)  hsl(333, 43%, 54%)  Mulberry
#8d55bc  rgb(141, 85, 188)  hsl(273, 43%, 54%)  Purpureus
#bc8d55  rgb(188, 141, 85)  hsl(33, 43%, 54%)  Camel