#55E2EA#55E2EA

#55E2EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.120 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E2EA
RGB	rgb(85, 226, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -34.99, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 38.11, 203.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.1121 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.12 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7875, 62.2595, 87.4301)
Luminance	0.6227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E2EA #EA5D55

analogous

#55EAA7 #55E2EA #5598EA

triadic

#55E2EA #EA55E2 #E2EA55

tetradic

#55E2EA #A755EA #EA5D55 #98EA55

square

#55E2EA #A755EA #EA5D55 #98EA55

split-complementary

#55E2EA #EA5598 #EAA755

monochromatic

#16A7AF #1FD9E3 #55E2EA #8BEBF1 #C2F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#55E2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#55E2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E2EA

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E2EA	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 226, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.120 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf0',
    500: '#55e2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e2ea;
$custom-light: #96ebf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.221,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84061,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E2EA

secondary

#B03A34

accent

#160BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E2EA

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

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