#55E2EF#55E2EF

#55E2EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.120 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E2EF
RGB	rgb(85, 226, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -33.58, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 37.88, 207.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.1101 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.12 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5160, 62.5509, 91.2667)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E2EF #EF6255

analogous

#55EFAF #55E2EF #5595EF

triadic

#55E2EF #EF55E2 #E2EF55

tetradic

#55E2EF #AF55EF #EF6255 #95EF55

square

#55E2EF #AF55EF #EF6255 #95EF55

split-complementary

#55E2EF #EF5595 #EFAF55

monochromatic

#11AAB8 #1DD8EA #55E2EF #8DECF4 #C5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#55E2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#55E2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E2EF

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E2EF	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 226, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.120 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ebf4',
    500: '#55e2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e2ef;
$custom-light: #96ebf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.065,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84237,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E2EF

secondary

#B73C31

accent

#1906DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E2EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →