#55E1EE#55E1EE

#55E1EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.120 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1EE
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 238)
HSL	hsl(185, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -33.40, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 37.69, 207.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.1095 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.12 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0975, 61.9497, 90.4004)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1EE #EE6255

analogous

#55EEAE #55E1EE #5594EE

triadic

#55E1EE #EE55E1 #E1EE55

tetradic

#55E1EE #AE55EE #EE6255 #94EE55

square

#55E1EE #AE55EE #EE6255 #94EE55

split-complementary

#55E1EE #EE5594 #EEAE55

monochromatic

#12A8B6 #1DD7E8 #55E1EE #8DEBF4 #C4F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#55E1EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#55E1EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1EE

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1EE	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.120 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf3',
    500: '#55e1ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1ee;
$custom-light: #96ebf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.098,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83969,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1EE

secondary

#B63D31

accent

#1A07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1EE

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

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