#55E8EC#55E8EC

#55E8EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.123 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8EC
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 236)
HSL	hsl(182, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -37.22, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 39.59, 199.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.1173 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.123 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7366, 65.6954, 89.5053)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8EC #EC5955

analogous

#55ECA4 #55E8EC #559DEC

triadic

#55E8EC #EC55E8 #E8EC55

tetradic

#55E8EC #A455EC #EC5955 #9DEC55

square

#55E8EC #A455EC #EC5955 #9DEC55

split-complementary

#55E8EC #EC559D #ECA455

monochromatic

#14AEB3 #1EE1E6 #55E8EC #8CEFF2 #C3F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#55E8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#55E8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8EC

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8EC	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.123 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f2',
    500: '#55e8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8ec;
$custom-light: #97f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.589,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85528,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8EC

secondary

#B33633

accent

#0F09DC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8EC

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

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