#55E8DC#55E8DC

#55E8DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.125 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8DC
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 220)
HSL	hsl(175, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 5.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -41.51, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 41.90, 187.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.124 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.125 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5153, 64.8068, 77.8065)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8DC #E85561

analogous

#55E893 #55E8DC #55ABE8

triadic

#55E8DC #DC55E8 #E8DC55

tetradic

#55E8DC #9355E8 #E85561 #ABE855

square

#55E8DC #9355E8 #E85561 #ABE855

split-complementary

#55E8DC #E855AB #E89355

monochromatic

#17AB9F #1FE1D1 #55E8DC #8BEFE7 #C1F7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#55E8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#55E8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8DC

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8DC	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.125 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0e6',
    500: '#55e8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8dc;
$custom-light: #96f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85007,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8DC

secondary

#AD353E

accent

#0D1ED8

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8DC

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

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