#55E5E4#55E5E4

#55E5E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.121 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E4
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -38.02, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 39.56, 196.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.1176 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.121 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7630, 63.5663, 83.2415)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E4 #E55556

analogous

#55E59C #55E5E4 #559EE5

triadic

#55E5E4 #E455E5 #E5E455

tetradic

#55E5E4 #9C55E5 #E55556 #9EE555

square

#55E5E4 #9C55E5 #E55556 #9EE555

split-complementary

#55E5E4 #E5559E #E59C55

monochromatic

#19A6A5 #22DBDA #55E5E4 #8AEDEC #BFF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#55E5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E4

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E4	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.121 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edec',
    500: '#55e5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e4;
$custom-light: #96edec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84559,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E4

secondary

#A83637

accent

#1011D6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E4

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

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