#55E3EB#55E3EB

#55E3EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.120 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3EB
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 235)
HSL	hsl(183, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -35.18, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 38.31, 203.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.1127 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.12 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2043, 62.8625, 88.2798)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3EB #EB5D55

analogous

#55EBA8 #55E3EB #5598EB

triadic

#55E3EB #EB55E3 #E3EB55

tetradic

#55E3EB #A855EB #EB5D55 #98EB55

square

#55E3EB #A855EB #EB5D55 #98EB55

split-complementary

#55E3EB #EB5598 #EBA855

monochromatic

#15A8B1 #1EDAE5 #55E3EB #8CECF1 #C3F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#55E3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#55E3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3EB

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3EB	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.120 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf1',
    500: '#55e3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3eb;
$custom-light: #96ecf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84329,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3EB

secondary

#B13A33

accent

#150ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3EB

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

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