#55E1E6#55E1E6

#55E1E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.119 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1E6
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 230)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 2.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -35.63, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 38.14, 200.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.1128 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.119 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9482, 61.4900, 84.3475)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1E6 #E65A55

analogous

#55E6A3 #55E1E6 #5599E6

triadic

#55E1E6 #E655E1 #E1E655

tetradic

#55E1E6 #A355E6 #E65A55 #99E655

square

#55E1E6 #A355E6 #E65A55 #99E655

split-complementary

#55E1E6 #E65599 #E6A355

monochromatic

#19A3A8 #21D7DD #55E1E6 #8AEAEE #C0F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#55E1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#55E1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1E6

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1E6	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)

#D2D7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.119 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebed',
    500: '#55e1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1e6;
$custom-light: #96ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8369,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1E6

secondary

#AA3A36

accent

#160FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1E6

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

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