#55E1E9#55E1E9

#55E1E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1E9
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 233)
HSL	hsl(183, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -34.80, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 37.92, 203.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.1116 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3731, 61.6599, 86.5853)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1E9 #E95D55

analogous

#55E9A7 #55E1E9 #5597E9

triadic

#55E1E9 #E955E1 #E1E955

tetradic

#55E1E9 #A755E9 #E95D55 #97E955

square

#55E1E9 #A755E9 #E95D55 #97E955

split-complementary

#55E1E9 #E95597 #E9A755

monochromatic

#16A5AD #1FD7E2 #55E1E9 #8BEBF0 #C1F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#55E1E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#55E1E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1E9

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1E9	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf0',
    500: '#55e1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1e9;
$custom-light: #96ebf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83793,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1E9

secondary

#AE3B34

accent

#170CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1E9

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

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