#55E1E4#55E1E4

#55E1E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1E4
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 228)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -36.18, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 38.33, 199.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.1136 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6690, 61.3783, 82.8768)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1E4 #E45855

analogous

#55E4A0 #55E1E4 #559AE4

triadic

#55E1E4 #E455E1 #E1E455

tetradic

#55E1E4 #A055E4 #E45855 #9AE455

square

#55E1E4 #A055E4 #E45855 #9AE455

split-complementary

#55E1E4 #E4559A #E4A055

monochromatic

#1AA2A4 #23D5D9 #55E1E4 #8AEAEC #BFF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#55E1E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#55E1E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1E4

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1E4	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ebec',
    500: '#55e1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1e4;
$custom-light: #95ebec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83622,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1E4

secondary

#A73936

accent

#1511D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1E4

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

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