#55E5EB#55E5EB

#55E5EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.121 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5EB
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 235)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.95, -36.11, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.95, 38.83, 201.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.1147 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.121 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7545, 63.9629, 88.4632)
Luminance	0.6397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5EB #EB5B55

analogous

#55EBA6 #55E5EB #559AEB

triadic

#55E5EB #EB55E5 #E5EB55

tetradic

#55E5EB #A655EB #EB5B55 #9AEB55

square

#55E5EB #A655EB #EB5B55 #9AEB55

split-complementary

#55E5EB #EB559A #EBA655

monochromatic

#15ABB1 #1EDDE5 #55E5EB #8CEDF1 #C3F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#55E5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#55E5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5EB

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5EB	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.121 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf1',
    500: '#55e5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5eb;
$custom-light: #96edf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84795,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5EB

secondary

#B13833

accent

#130ADB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5EB

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

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