#55E8FF#55E8FF

#55E8FF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.126 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E8FF
RGB	rgb(85, 232, 255)
HSL	hsl(188, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -31.85, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 39.06, 215.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.1097 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.126 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6453, 66.8588, 104.8243)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E8FF #FF6C55

analogous

#55FFC1 #55E8FF #5593FF

triadic

#55E8FF #FF55E8 #E8FF55

tetradic

#55E8FF #C155FF #FF6C55 #93FF55

square

#55E8FF #C155FF #FF6C55 #93FF55

split-complementary

#55E8FF #FF5593 #FFC155

monochromatic

#00BCDA #18E0FF #55E8FF #92F0FF #CFF9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#55E8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#55E8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E8FF

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E8FF	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4E0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F2EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 232, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.126 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98efff',
    500: '#55e8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e8ff;
$custom-light: #98efff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.118,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86203,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E8FF

secondary

#D33D25

accent

#1F00E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808586

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E8FF

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

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