#55E3EE#55E3EE

#55E3EE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.121 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3EE
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 238)
HSL	hsl(184, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -34.34, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 38.14, 205.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.1115 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.121 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6413, 63.0374, 90.5817)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3EE #EE6055

analogous

#55EEAC #55E3EE #5596EE

triadic

#55E3EE #EE55E3 #E3EE55

tetradic

#55E3EE #AC55EE #EE6055 #96EE55

square

#55E3EE #AC55EE #EE6055 #96EE55

split-complementary

#55E3EE #EE5596 #EEAC55

monochromatic

#12ABB6 #1DDAE8 #55E3EE #8DECF4 #C4F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#55E3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#55E3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3EE

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3EE	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.121 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf3',
    500: '#55e3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3ee;
$custom-light: #96ecf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84434,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3EE

secondary

#B63B31

accent

#1707DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3EE

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

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