#55E2E4#55E2E4

#55E2E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.120 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E2E4
RGB	rgb(85, 226, 228)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -36.64, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 38.62, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.1146 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.12 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9401, 61.9205, 82.9672)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E2E4 #E45755

analogous

#55E49F #55E2E4 #559BE4

triadic

#55E2E4 #E455E2 #E2E455

tetradic

#55E2E4 #9F55E4 #E45755 #9BE455

square

#55E2E4 #9F55E4 #E45755 #9BE455

split-complementary

#55E2E4 #E4559B #E49F55

monochromatic

#1AA3A4 #23D7D9 #55E2E4 #8AEBEC #BFF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#55E2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#55E2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E2E4

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E2E4	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)

#D4D8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 226, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.120 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ebec',
    500: '#55e2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e2e4;
$custom-light: #95ebec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.839,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83856,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E2E4

secondary

#A73836

accent

#1411D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E2E4

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

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