#55E5E6#55E5E6

#55E5E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.121 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E6
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 230)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -37.48, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 39.32, 197.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.1168 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.121 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0422, 63.6780, 84.7121)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E6 #E65655

analogous

#55E69F #55E5E6 #559DE6

triadic

#55E5E6 #E655E5 #E5E655

tetradic

#55E5E6 #9F55E6 #E65655 #9DE655

square

#55E5E6 #9F55E6 #E65655 #9DE655

split-complementary

#55E5E6 #E6559D #E69F55

monochromatic

#19A7A8 #21DCDD #55E5E6 #8AEDEE #C0F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#55E5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E6

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E6	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.121 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eded',
    500: '#55e5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e6;
$custom-light: #96eded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.414,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84625,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E6

secondary

#AA3636

accent

#100FD6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E6

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

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