#55E3EF#55E3EF

#55E3EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.121 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E3EF
RGB	rgb(85, 227, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -34.05, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 38.11, 206.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.1111 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.121 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7887, 63.0963, 91.3576)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E3EF #EF6155

analogous

#55EFAE #55E3EF #5596EF

triadic

#55E3EF #EF55E3 #E3EF55

tetradic

#55E3EF #AE55EF #EF6155 #96EF55

square

#55E3EF #AE55EF #EF6155 #96EF55

split-complementary

#55E3EF #EF5596 #EFAE55

monochromatic

#11ABB8 #1DDAEA #55E3EF #8DECF4 #C5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#55E3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#55E3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E3EF

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E3EF	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC9F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 227, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.121 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ecf4',
    500: '#55e3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e3ef;
$custom-light: #96ecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84469,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E3EF

secondary

#B73B31

accent

#1706DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E3EF

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

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