#55E8D6#55E8D6

#55E8D6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.127 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8D6
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 214)
HSL	hsl(173, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -43.06, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 43.15, 183.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.1266 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.127 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7349, 64.4947, 73.6964)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8D6 #E85567

analogous

#55E88D #55E8D6 #55B1E8

triadic

#55E8D6 #D655E8 #E8D655

tetradic

#55E8D6 #8D55E8 #E85567 #B1E855

square

#55E8D6 #8D55E8 #E85567 #B1E855

split-complementary

#55E8D6 #E855B1 #E88D55

monochromatic

#17AB99 #1FE1C9 #55E8D6 #8BEFE3 #C1F7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#55E8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#55E8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8D6

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8D6	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDDBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8CBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.127 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95f0e2',
    500: '#55e8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8d6;
$custom-light: #95f0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84822,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8D6

secondary

#AD3543

accent

#0D26D8

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8D6

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

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