#55E5E2#55E5E2

#55E5E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.122 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E2
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 226)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -38.56, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 39.82, 194.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.1185 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.122 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4870, 63.4559, 81.7877)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E2 #E55558

analogous

#55E59A #55E5E2 #55A0E5

triadic

#55E5E2 #E255E5 #E5E255

tetradic

#55E5E2 #9A55E5 #E55558 #A0E555

square

#55E5E2 #9A55E5 #E55558 #A0E555

split-complementary

#55E5E2 #E555A0 #E59A55

monochromatic

#19A6A3 #22DBD7 #55E5E2 #8AEDEB #BFF5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#55E5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E2

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E2	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.122 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edeb',
    500: '#55e5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e2;
$custom-light: #96edeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84493,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E2

secondary

#A83638

accent

#1014D6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E2

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

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