#55E8EF#55E8EF

#55E8EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.123 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8EF
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 239)
HSL	hsl(183, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -36.39, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 39.33, 202.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.1161 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.123 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1761, 65.8712, 91.8200)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8EF #EF5C55

analogous

#55EFA9 #55E8EF #559BEF

triadic

#55E8EF #EF55E8 #E8EF55

tetradic

#55E8EF #A955EF #EF5C55 #9BEF55

square

#55E8EF #A955EF #EF5C55 #9BEF55

split-complementary

#55E8EF #EF559B #EFA955

monochromatic

#11B1B8 #1DE0EA #55E8EF #8DF0F4 #C5F7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#55E8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#55E8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8EF

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8EF	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CDF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.123 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f4',
    500: '#55e8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8ef;
$custom-light: #97f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85631,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8EF

secondary

#B73731

accent

#1006DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8EF

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

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