#55E6EA#55E6EA

#55E6EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.122 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E6EA
RGB	rgb(85, 230, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -36.84, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 39.20, 199.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.1161 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.122 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8879, 64.4603, 87.7969)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E6EA #EA5955

analogous

#55EAA4 #55E6EA #559BEA

triadic

#55E6EA #EA55E6 #E6EA55

tetradic

#55E6EA #A455EA #EA5955 #9BEA55

square

#55E6EA #A455EA #EA5955 #9BEA55

split-complementary

#55E6EA #EA559B #EAA455

monochromatic

#16ABAF #1FDEE3 #55E6EA #8BEEF1 #C2F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#55E6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#55E6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E6EA

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E6EA	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 230, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.122 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96eef0',
    500: '#55e6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e6ea;
$custom-light: #96eef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.611,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84994,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E6EA

secondary

#B03734

accent

#110BDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E6EA

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

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