#55E5E9#55E5E9

#55E5E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.121 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5E9
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 233)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -36.66, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 39.01, 199.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.1155 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.121 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4672, 63.8480, 86.9500)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5E9 #E95955

analogous

#55E9A3 #55E5E9 #559BE9

triadic

#55E5E9 #E955E5 #E5E955

tetradic

#55E5E9 #A355E9 #E95955 #9BE955

square

#55E5E9 #A355E9 #E95955 #9BE955

split-complementary

#55E5E9 #E9559B #E9A355

monochromatic

#16A9AD #1FDDE2 #55E5E9 #8BEDF0 #C1F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#55E5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#55E5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5E9

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5E9	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.121 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf0',
    500: '#55e5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5e9;
$custom-light: #96edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84727,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5E9

secondary

#AE3734

accent

#120CD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5E9

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

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