#55E5E8#55E5E8

#55E5E8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.121 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E8
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 232)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -36.93, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 39.10, 199.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.116 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.121 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3247, 63.7910, 86.1998)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E8 #E85855

analogous

#55E8A1 #55E5E8 #559CE8

triadic

#55E5E8 #E855E5 #E5E855

tetradic

#55E5E8 #A155E8 #E85855 #9CE855

square

#55E5E8 #A155E8 #E85855 #9CE855

split-complementary

#55E5E8 #E8559C #E8A155

monochromatic

#17A8AB #1FDDE1 #55E5E8 #8BEDEF #C1F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#55E5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#55E5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E8

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E8	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.121 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edef',
    500: '#55e5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e8;
$custom-light: #96edef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84693,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E8

secondary

#AD3735

accent

#110DD8

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E8

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

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