#55E3ED#55E3ED

#55E3ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.121 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3ED
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 237)
HSL	hsl(184, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -34.62, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 38.19, 204.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.1119 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.121 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4948, 62.9788, 89.8101)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3ED #ED5F55

analogous

#55EDAB #55E3ED #5597ED

triadic

#55E3ED #ED55E3 #E3ED55

tetradic

#55E3ED #AB55ED #ED5F55 #97ED55

square

#55E3ED #AB55ED #ED5F55 #97ED55

split-complementary

#55E3ED #ED5597 #EDAB55

monochromatic

#13AAB4 #1EDAE7 #55E3ED #8CECF3 #C4F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#55E3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#55E3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3ED

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3ED	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.121 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf2',
    500: '#55e3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3ed;
$custom-light: #96ecf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84399,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3ED

secondary

#B43B32

accent

#1608DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3ED

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

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