#55E1EB#55E1EB

#55E1EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.119 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1EB
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 235)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -34.24, -16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 37.81, 205.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.1107 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.119 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6604, 61.7749, 88.0985)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1EB #EB5F55

analogous

#55EBAA #55E1EB #5596EB

triadic

#55E1EB #EB55E1 #E1EB55

tetradic

#55E1EB #AA55EB #EB5F55 #96EB55

square

#55E1EB #AA55EB #EB5F55 #96EB55

split-complementary

#55E1EB #EB5596 #EBAA55

monochromatic

#15A6B1 #1ED7E5 #55E1EB #8CEBF1 #C3F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#55E1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#55E1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1EB

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1EB	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.119 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf1',
    500: '#55e1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1eb;
$custom-light: #96ebf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83863,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1EB

secondary

#B13B33

accent

#180ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1EB

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

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