#55E5E3#55E5E3

#55E5E3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.122 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E3
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 227)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -38.29, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 39.69, 195.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.118 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.122 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6246, 63.5110, 82.5125)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E3 #E55557

analogous

#55E59B #55E5E3 #559FE5

triadic

#55E5E3 #E355E5 #E5E355

tetradic

#55E5E3 #9B55E5 #E55557 #9FE555

square

#55E5E3 #9B55E5 #E55557 #9FE555

split-complementary

#55E5E3 #E5559F #E59B55

monochromatic

#19A6A4 #22DBD9 #55E5E3 #8AEDEC #BFF5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#55E5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E3

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E3	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.122 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edeb',
    500: '#55e5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e3;
$custom-light: #96edeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84526,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E3

secondary

#A83638

accent

#1013D6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E3

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

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