#55E3D9#55E3D9
#55E3D9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.122 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #55E3D9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 227, 217) |
| HSL | hsl(176, 72%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(176, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.85, -40.05, -6.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.85, 40.56, 189.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.73% -0.1203 -0.018) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.73% 0.122 188.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.7341, 61.8745, 75.2703) |
| Luminance | 0.6188 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 2.45
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 4.49
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 5.37
Tiffany Blue
#7BF2DA
ΔE00 6.03
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 6.35
Bright Cyan
#41FDFE
ΔE00 6.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#55E3D9 #E3555F
analogous
#55E392 #55E3D9 #55A6E3
triadic
#55E3D9 #D955E3 #E3D955
tetradic
#55E3D9 #9255E3 #E3555F #A6E355
square
#55E3D9 #9255E3 #E3555F #A6E355
split-complementary
#55E3D9 #E355A6 #E39255
monochromatic
#1BA399 #23D7CB #55E3D9 #8AECE5 #BEF4F0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#55E3D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.38
#55E3D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #55E3D9
13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##55E3D9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##55E3D9 | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.38 | 13.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7D8D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1C8DA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E8E0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #55e3d9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 217); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.122 188.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#95ece4',
500: '#55e3d9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #55e3d9; $custom-light: #95ece4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#55e3d9",
"rgb": {
"r": 85,
"g": 227,
"b": 217
},
"hsl": {
"h": 175.775,
"s": 71.717,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83731,
"c": 0.12163,
"h": 188.5
},
"luminance": 0.61879
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#55E3D9
secondary
#A5373F
accent
#121FD4
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFC
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1615
muted
#808584