#55E5E5#55E5E5

#55E5E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.121 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E5
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 229)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -37.75, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 39.43, 196.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.1172 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.121 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9022, 63.6220, 83.9747)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E5 #E55555

analogous

#55E59D #55E5E5 #559DE5

triadic

#55E5E5 #E555E5 #E5E555

tetradic

#55E5E5 #9D55E5 #E55555 #9DE555

square

#55E5E5 #9D55E5 #E55555 #9DE555

split-complementary

#55E5E5 #E5559D #E59D55

monochromatic

#19A6A6 #22DBDB #55E5E5 #8AEDED #BFF5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#55E5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E5

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E5	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)

#D7DAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.121 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eded',
    500: '#55e5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e5;
$custom-light: #96eded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84592,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E5

secondary

#A83636

accent

#1010D6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E5

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

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