#55E1E3#55E1E3

#55E1E3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.119 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1E3
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 227)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -36.46, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 38.43, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.114 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.119 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5306, 61.3229, 82.1478)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1E3 #E35755

analogous

#55E39E #55E1E3 #559AE3

triadic

#55E1E3 #E355E1 #E1E355

tetradic

#55E1E3 #9E55E3 #E35755 #9AE355

square

#55E1E3 #9E55E3 #E35755 #9AE355

split-complementary

#55E1E3 #E3559A #E39E55

monochromatic

#1BA1A3 #23D5D7 #55E1E3 #8AEAEC #BEF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#55E1E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#55E1E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1E3

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1E3	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.119 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ebeb',
    500: '#55e1e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1e3;
$custom-light: #95ebeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83588,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1E3

secondary

#A53837

accent

#1412D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1E3

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

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