#55E8EE#55E8EE

#55E8EE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.123 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8EE
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 238)
HSL	hsl(182, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -36.66, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 39.41, 201.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.1165 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.123 199)
XYZ	xyz(48.0288, 65.8122, 91.0442)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8EE #EE5B55

analogous

#55EEA7 #55E8EE #559BEE

triadic

#55E8EE #EE55E8 #E8EE55

tetradic

#55E8EE #A755EE #EE5B55 #9BEE55

square

#55E8EE #A755EE #EE5B55 #9BEE55

split-complementary

#55E8EE #EE559B #EEA755

monochromatic

#12B0B6 #1DE0E8 #55E8EE #8DF0F4 #C4F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#55E8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#55E8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8EE

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8EE	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.123 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f3',
    500: '#55e8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8ee;
$custom-light: #97f0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.353,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85597,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.65818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8EE

secondary

#B63731

accent

#1007DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8EE

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

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