#55E5ED#55E5ED

#55E5ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.122 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5ED
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 237)
HSL	hsl(183, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -35.55, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 38.69, 203.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.1139 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.122 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0450, 64.0791, 89.9935)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5ED #ED5D55

analogous

#55EDA9 #55E5ED #5599ED

triadic

#55E5ED #ED55E5 #E5ED55

tetradic

#55E5ED #A955ED #ED5D55 #99ED55

square

#55E5ED #A955ED #ED5D55 #99ED55

split-complementary

#55E5ED #ED5599 #EDA955

monochromatic

#13ACB4 #1EDDE7 #55E5ED #8CEDF3 #C4F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#55E5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#55E5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5ED

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5ED	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.122 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96edf2',
    500: '#55e5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5ed;
$custom-light: #96edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84864,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5ED

secondary

#B43932

accent

#1408DD

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5ED

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

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