#55E5EA#55E5EA

#55E5EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5EA
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -36.38, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 38.92, 200.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.1151 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6104, 63.9053, 87.7044)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5EA #EA5A55

analogous

#55EAA4 #55E5EA #559BEA

triadic

#55E5EA #EA55E5 #E5EA55

tetradic

#55E5EA #A455EA #EA5A55 #9BEA55

square

#55E5EA #A455EA #EA5A55 #9BEA55

split-complementary

#55E5EA #EA559B #EAA455

monochromatic

#16AAAF #1FDDE3 #55E5EA #8BEDF1 #C2F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#55E5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#55E5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5EA

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5EA	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf0',
    500: '#55e5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5ea;
$custom-light: #96edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.013,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84761,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5EA

secondary

#B03834

accent

#120BDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5EA

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

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