#55E2E9#55E2E9

#55E2E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.120 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E2E9
RGB	rgb(85, 226, 233)
HSL	hsl(183, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -35.27, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 38.18, 202.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.1126 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.12 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6443, 62.2022, 86.6757)
Luminance	0.6221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E2E9 #E95C55

analogous

#55E9A6 #55E2E9 #5598E9

triadic

#55E2E9 #E955E2 #E2E955

tetradic

#55E2E9 #A655E9 #E95C55 #98E955

square

#55E2E9 #A655E9 #E95C55 #98E955

split-complementary

#55E2E9 #E95598 #E9A655

monochromatic

#16A6AD #1FD9E2 #55E2E9 #8BEBF0 #C1F4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#55E2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#55E2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E2E9

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E2E9	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 226, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.120 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf0',
    500: '#55e2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e2e9;
$custom-light: #96ebf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.838,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84027,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E2E9

secondary

#AE3A34

accent

#160CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E2E9

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

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