#55E8EB#55E8EB

#55E8EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.123 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8EB
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 235)
HSL	hsl(181, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -37.49, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 39.68, 199.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.1177 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.123 197)
XYZ	xyz(47.5917, 65.6374, 88.7423)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8EB #EB5855

analogous

#55EBA3 #55E8EB #559DEB

triadic

#55E8EB #EB55E8 #E8EB55

tetradic

#55E8EB #A355EB #EB5855 #9DEB55

square

#55E8EB #A355EB #EB5855 #9DEB55

split-complementary

#55E8EB #EB559D #EBA355

monochromatic

#15AEB1 #1EE1E5 #55E8EB #8CEFF1 #C3F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#55E8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#55E8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8EB

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8EB	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.123 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f1',
    500: '#55e8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8eb;
$custom-light: #97f0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85495,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.65643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8EB

secondary

#B13633

accent

#0E0ADB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8EB

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

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