#55E8FA#55E8FA

#55E8FA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.125 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8FA
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 250)
HSL	hsl(187, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 7.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -33.29, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 38.95, 211.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.1116 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.125 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8509, 66.5411, 100.6404)
Luminance	0.6655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8FA #FA6755

analogous

#55FAB9 #55E8FA #5596FA

triadic

#55E8FA #FA55E8 #E8FA55

tetradic

#55E8FA #B955FA #FA6755 #96FA55

square

#55E8FA #B955FA #FA6755 #96FA55

split-complementary

#55E8FA #FA5596 #FAB955

monochromatic

#06B9CF #1AE0F8 #55E8FA #90F0FC #CCF8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#55E8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#55E8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8FA

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8FA	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DFFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCDFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.125 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98effc',
    500: '#55e8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8fa;
$custom-light: #98effc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8602,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8FA

secondary

#CA3B29

accent

#1900E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8FA

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

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