#55E5DC#55E5DC

#55E5DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.123 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5DC
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 220)
HSL	hsl(176, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -40.16, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 40.77, 189.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.121 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.123 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6781, 63.1324, 77.5274)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5DC #E5555E

analogous

#55E594 #55E5DC #55A6E5

triadic

#55E5DC #DC55E5 #E5DC55

tetradic

#55E5DC #9455E5 #E5555E #A6E555

square

#55E5DC #9455E5 #E5555E #A6E555

split-complementary

#55E5DC #E555A6 #E59455

monochromatic

#19A69D #22DBD0 #55E5DC #8AEDE7 #BFF5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#55E5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#55E5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5DC

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5DC	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)

#D9DADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.123 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95eee6',
    500: '#55e5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5dc;
$custom-light: #95eee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84299,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5DC

secondary

#A8363D

accent

#101CD6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5DC

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

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