#55E2E6#55E2E6

#55E2E6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.120 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E2E6
RGB	rgb(85, 226, 230)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -36.09, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 38.43, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.1138 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.12 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2193, 62.0322, 84.4378)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E2E6 #E65955

analogous

#55E6A2 #55E2E6 #559AE6

triadic

#55E2E6 #E655E2 #E2E655

tetradic

#55E2E6 #A255E6 #E65955 #9AE655

square

#55E2E6 #A255E6 #E65955 #9AE655

split-complementary

#55E2E6 #E6559A #E6A255

monochromatic

#19A4A8 #21D8DD #55E2E6 #8AEBEE #C0F4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#55E2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#55E2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E2E6

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E2E6	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 226, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.120 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebed',
    500: '#55e2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e2e6;
$custom-light: #96ebed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.655,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83924,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E2E6

secondary

#AA3936

accent

#150FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E2E6

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

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