#55E4EF#55E4EF

#55E4EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.121 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E4EF
RGB	rgb(85, 228, 239)
HSL	hsl(184, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -34.52, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 38.34, 205.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.1121 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.121 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0630, 63.6449, 91.4490)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E4EF #EF6055

analogous

#55EFAD #55E4EF #5597EF

triadic

#55E4EF #EF55E4 #E4EF55

tetradic

#55E4EF #AD55EF #EF6055 #97EF55

square

#55E4EF #AD55EF #EF6055 #97EF55

split-complementary

#55E4EF #EF5597 #EFAD55

monochromatic

#11ACB8 #1DDBEA #55E4EF #8DEDF4 #C5F6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#55E4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E4EF

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E4EF	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCCAF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 228, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.121 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97edf4',
    500: '#55e4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e4ef;
$custom-light: #97edf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84701,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E4EF

secondary

#B73A31

accent

#1606DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E4EF

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

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