#55E4E6#55E4E6

#55E4E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.121 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E4E6
RGB	rgb(85, 228, 230)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -37.02, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 39.01, 198.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.1158 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.121 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7664, 63.1262, 84.6202)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E4E6 #E65755

analogous

#55E6A0 #55E4E6 #559BE6

triadic

#55E4E6 #E655E4 #E4E655

tetradic

#55E4E6 #A055E6 #E65755 #9BE655

square

#55E4E6 #A055E6 #E65755 #9BE655

split-complementary

#55E4E6 #E6559B #E6A055

monochromatic

#19A6A8 #21DBDD #55E4E6 #8AECEE #C0F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#55E4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#55E4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E4E6

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E4E6	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 228, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.121 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eded',
    500: '#55e4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e4e6;
$custom-light: #96eded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.828,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84391,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E4E6

secondary

#AA3736

accent

#120FD6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E4E6

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

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