#55E1E5#55E1E5

#55E1E5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.119 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1E5
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 229)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 1.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -35.91, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 38.23, 200.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.1132 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.119 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8082, 61.4340, 83.6100)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1E5 #E55955

analogous

#55E5A1 #55E1E5 #5599E5

triadic

#55E1E5 #E555E1 #E1E555

tetradic

#55E1E5 #A155E5 #E55955 #99E555

square

#55E1E5 #A155E5 #E55955 #99E555

split-complementary

#55E1E5 #E55599 #E5A155

monochromatic

#19A2A6 #22D6DB #55E1E5 #8AEAED #BFF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#55E1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#55E1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1E5

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1E5	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.119 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ebed',
    500: '#55e1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1e5;
$custom-light: #95ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83656,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1E5

secondary

#A83936

accent

#1510D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1E5

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

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