#55E0EF#55E0EF

#55E0EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.120 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E0EF
RGB	rgb(85, 224, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -32.64, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 37.47, 209.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.1081 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.12 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9753, 61.4695, 91.0864)
Luminance	0.6148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E0EF #EF6455

analogous

#55EFB1 #55E0EF #5593EF

triadic

#55E0EF #EF55E0 #E0EF55

tetradic

#55E0EF #B155EF #EF6455 #93EF55

square

#55E0EF #B155EF #EF6455 #93EF55

split-complementary

#55E0EF #EF5593 #EFB155

monochromatic

#11A8B8 #1DD6EA #55E0EF #8DEAF4 #C5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#55E0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#55E0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E0EF

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E0EF	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 224, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.120 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eaf4',
    500: '#55e0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e0ef;
$custom-light: #96eaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.844,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83773,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E0EF

secondary

#B73E31

accent

#1B06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E0EF

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

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