#55E8EA#55E8EA

#55E8EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.123 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8EA
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -37.76, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 39.79, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.1181 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.123 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4476, 65.5798, 87.9835)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8EA #EA5755

analogous

#55EAA1 #55E8EA #559EEA

triadic

#55E8EA #EA55E8 #E8EA55

tetradic

#55E8EA #A155EA #EA5755 #9EEA55

square

#55E8EA #A155EA #EA5755 #9EEA55

split-complementary

#55E8EA #EA559E #EAA155

monochromatic

#16ADAF #1FE1E3 #55E8EA #8BEFF1 #C2F7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#55E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#55E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8EA

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8EA	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.123 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f0',
    500: '#55e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8ea;
$custom-light: #97f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.805,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85461,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8EA

secondary

#B03534

accent

#0E0BDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8EA

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

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