#55E4E4#55E4E4

#55E4E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.121 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E4E4
RGB	rgb(85, 228, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -37.57, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 39.24, 196.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.1166 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.121 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4871, 63.0146, 83.1495)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E4E4 #E45555

analogous

#55E49D #55E4E4 #559DE4

triadic

#55E4E4 #E455E4 #E4E455

tetradic

#55E4E4 #9D55E4 #E45555 #9DE455

square

#55E4E4 #9D55E4 #E45555 #9DE455

split-complementary

#55E4E4 #E4559D #E49D55

monochromatic

#1AA4A4 #23D9D9 #55E4E4 #8AECEC #BFF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#55E4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#55E4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E4E4

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E4E4	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)

#D6D9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 228, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.121 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edec',
    500: '#55e4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e4e4;
$custom-light: #96edec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84324,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E4E4

secondary

#A73636

accent

#1111D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E4E4

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

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