#55E1EF#55E1EF

#55E1EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.120 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E1EF
RGB	rgb(85, 225, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -33.11, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 37.67, 208.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.1091 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.12 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2448, 62.0086, 91.1763)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E1EF #EF6355

analogous

#55EFB0 #55E1EF #5594EF

triadic

#55E1EF #EF55E1 #E1EF55

tetradic

#55E1EF #B055EF #EF6355 #94EF55

square

#55E1EF #B055EF #EF6355 #94EF55

split-complementary

#55E1EF #EF5594 #EFB055

monochromatic

#11A9B8 #1DD7EA #55E1EF #8DEBF4 #C5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#55E1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#55E1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E1EF

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E1EF	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 225, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.120 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eaf4',
    500: '#55e1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e1ef;
$custom-light: #96eaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84005,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E1EF

secondary

#B73D31

accent

#1A06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E1EF

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

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