#55E3E2#55E3E2

#55E3E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.120 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3E2
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 226)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -37.65, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 39.17, 196.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.1165 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.12 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9368, 62.3555, 81.6043)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3E2 #E35556

analogous

#55E39B #55E3E2 #559DE3

triadic

#55E3E2 #E255E3 #E3E255

tetradic

#55E3E2 #9B55E3 #E35556 #9DE355

square

#55E3E2 #9B55E3 #E35556 #9DE355

split-complementary

#55E3E2 #E3559D #E39B55

monochromatic

#1BA3A2 #23D7D6 #55E3E2 #8AECEB #BEF4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#55E3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#55E3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3E2

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3E2	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.120 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95eceb',
    500: '#55e3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3e2;
$custom-light: #95eceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.577,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84023,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3E2

secondary

#A53738

accent

#1213D4

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3E2

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

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