#55E8DF#55E8DF

#55E8DF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.124 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8DF
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 223)
HSL	hsl(176, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 0%, 3.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -40.72, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 41.35, 190.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.1227 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.124 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9162, 64.9672, 79.9178)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8DF #E8555E

analogous

#55E896 #55E8DF #55A7E8

triadic

#55E8DF #DF55E8 #E8DF55

tetradic

#55E8DF #9655E8 #E8555E #A7E855

square

#55E8DF #9655E8 #E8555E #A7E855

split-complementary

#55E8DF #E855A7 #E89655

monochromatic

#17ABA2 #1FE1D5 #55E8DF #8BEFE9 #C1F7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#55E8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#55E8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8DF

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8DF	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CCE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.124 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0e8',
    500: '#55e8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8df;
$custom-light: #96f0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85101,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8DF

secondary

#AD353C

accent

#0D1AD8

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8DF

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

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