#55E3EC#55E3EC

#55E3EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.120 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3EC
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 236)
HSL	hsl(184, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -34.90, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 38.24, 204.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.1123 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.12 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3492, 62.9205, 89.0428)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3EC #EC5E55

analogous

#55ECA9 #55E3EC #5597EC

triadic

#55E3EC #EC55E3 #E3EC55

tetradic

#55E3EC #A955EC #EC5E55 #97EC55

square

#55E3EC #A955EC #EC5E55 #97EC55

split-complementary

#55E3EC #EC5597 #ECA955

monochromatic

#14A9B3 #1EDAE6 #55E3EC #8CECF2 #C3F5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#55E3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#55E3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3EC

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3EC	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.120 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf2',
    500: '#55e3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3ec;
$custom-light: #96ecf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.576,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84364,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3EC

secondary

#B33A33

accent

#1609DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3EC

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

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