#55E8E9#55E8E9

#55E8E9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.123 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8E9
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 233)
HSL	hsl(180, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -38.04, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 39.90, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.1185 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.123 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3044, 65.5225, 87.2291)
Luminance	0.6553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8E9 #E95655

analogous

#55E9A0 #55E8E9 #559EE9

triadic

#55E8E9 #E955E8 #E8E955

tetradic

#55E8E9 #A055E9 #E95655 #9EE955

square

#55E8E9 #A055E9 #E95655 #9EE955

split-complementary

#55E8E9 #E9559E #E9A055

monochromatic

#16ACAD #1FE1E2 #55E8E9 #8BEFF0 #C1F7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#55E8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#55E8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8E9

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8E9	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.123 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0f0',
    500: '#55e8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8e9;
$custom-light: #96f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85427,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8E9

secondary

#AE3534

accent

#0E0CD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8E9

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

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