#55E8DD#55E8DD

#55E8DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.125 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8DD
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 221)
HSL	hsl(176, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -41.25, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 41.71, 188.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.1236 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.125 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6481, 64.8600, 78.5061)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8DD #E85560

analogous

#55E893 #55E8DD #55AAE8

triadic

#55E8DD #DD55E8 #E8DD55

tetradic

#55E8DD #9355E8 #E85560 #AAE855

square

#55E8DD #9355E8 #E85560 #AAE855

split-complementary

#55E8DD #E855AA #E89355

monochromatic

#17ABA0 #1FE1D2 #55E8DD #8BEFE8 #C1F7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#55E8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#55E8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8DD

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8DD	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.125 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0e7',
    500: '#55e8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8dd;
$custom-light: #96f0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.51,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85038,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8DD

secondary

#AD353E

accent

#0D1CD8

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8DD

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

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