#55E3D3#55E3D3
#55E3D3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.123 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #55E3D3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 227, 211) |
| HSL | hsl(173, 72%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(173, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 7%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.68, -41.62, -3.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.68, 41.76, 184.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.55% -0.1229 -0.0101) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.55% 0.123 184.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.9679, 61.5680, 71.2347) |
| Luminance | 0.6157 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 1.30
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 4.80
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 5.27
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 5.45
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 5.46
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 7.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#55E3D3 #E35565
analogous
#55E38C #55E3D3 #55ACE3
triadic
#55E3D3 #D355E3 #E3D355
tetradic
#55E3D3 #8C55E3 #E35565 #ACE355
square
#55E3D3 #8C55E3 #E35565 #ACE355
split-complementary
#55E3D3 #E355AC #E38C55
monochromatic
#1BA393 #23D7C3 #55E3D3 #8AECE1 #BEF4EE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#55E3D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.31
#55E3D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #55E3D3
13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##55E3D3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##55E3D3 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.31 | 13.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8D7D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3C7D5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E8DE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #55e3d3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 211); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.123 184.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#94ece0',
500: '#55e3d3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #55e3d3; $custom-light: #94ece0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#55e3d3",
"rgb": {
"r": 85,
"g": 227,
"b": 211
},
"hsl": {
"h": 173.239,
"s": 71.717,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83545,
"c": 0.1233,
"h": 184.7
},
"luminance": 0.61573
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#55E3D3
secondary
#A53743
accent
#1228D4
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFC
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1615
muted
#808584