#55E3E4#55E3E4

#55E3E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.120 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3E4
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -37.11, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 38.93, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.1156 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.12 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2128, 62.4660, 83.0581)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3E4 #E45655

analogous

#55E49E #55E3E4 #559CE4

triadic

#55E3E4 #E455E3 #E3E455

tetradic

#55E3E4 #9E55E4 #E45655 #9CE455

square

#55E3E4 #9E55E4 #E45655 #9CE455

split-complementary

#55E3E4 #E4559C #E49E55

monochromatic

#1AA4A4 #23D8D9 #55E3E4 #8AECEC #BFF4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#55E3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#55E3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3E4

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3E4	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.120 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecec',
    500: '#55e3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3e4;
$custom-light: #96ecec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.42,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8409,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3E4

secondary

#A73736

accent

#1211D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3E4

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

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