#55E6E9#55E6E9

#55E6E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.122 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E6E9
RGB	rgb(85, 230, 233)
HSL	hsl(181, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -37.12, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 39.30, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.1165 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.122 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7446, 64.4030, 87.0425)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E6E9 #E95855

analogous

#55E9A2 #55E6E9 #559CE9

triadic

#55E6E9 #E955E6 #E6E955

tetradic

#55E6E9 #A255E9 #E95855 #9CE955

square

#55E6E9 #A255E9 #E95855 #9CE955

split-complementary

#55E6E9 #E9559C #E9A255

monochromatic

#16AAAD #1FDEE2 #55E6E9 #8BEEF0 #C1F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#55E6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#55E6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E6E9

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E6E9	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 230, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.122 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eef0',
    500: '#55e6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e6e9;
$custom-light: #96eef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.216,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8496,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E6E9

secondary

#AE3734

accent

#100CD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E6E9

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

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