#55E3EA#55E3EA

#55E3EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.120 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3EA
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -35.45, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 38.37, 202.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.1131 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.12 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0602, 62.8049, 87.5210)
Luminance	0.6281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3EA #EA5C55

analogous

#55EAA7 #55E3EA #5598EA

triadic

#55E3EA #EA55E3 #E3EA55

tetradic

#55E3EA #A755EA #EA5C55 #98EA55

square

#55E3EA #A755EA #EA5C55 #98EA55

split-complementary

#55E3EA #EA5598 #EAA755

monochromatic

#16A8AF #1FDAE3 #55E3EA #8BECF1 #C2F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#55E3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#55E3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3EA

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3EA	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.120 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf0',
    500: '#55e3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3ea;
$custom-light: #96ecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84294,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3EA

secondary

#B03934

accent

#150BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3EA

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

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