#55E0E4#55E0E4

#55E0E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.118 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E0E4
RGB	rgb(85, 224, 228)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -35.72, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 38.03, 200.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.1126 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.118 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3994, 60.8392, 82.7870)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E0E4 #E45955

analogous

#55E4A1 #55E0E4 #5599E4

triadic

#55E0E4 #E455E0 #E0E455

tetradic

#55E0E4 #A155E4 #E45955 #99E455

square

#55E0E4 #A155E4 #E45955 #99E455

split-complementary

#55E0E4 #E45599 #E4A155

monochromatic

#1AA1A4 #23D4D9 #55E0E4 #8AEAEC #BFF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#55E0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#55E0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E0E4

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E0E4	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 224, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.118 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95eaec',
    500: '#55e0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e0e4;
$custom-light: #95eaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83387,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E0E4

secondary

#A73A36

accent

#1611D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E0E4

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

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