#55E9E3#55E9E3
#55E9E3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.124 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #55E9E3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 233, 227) |
| HSL | hsl(178, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(178, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.87, -40.11, -8.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.87, 41.04, 192.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.47% -0.122 -0.0243) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.47% 0.124 191.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7441, 65.7500, 82.8857) |
| Luminance | 0.6575 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.20
Bright Turquoise
#0FFEF9
ΔE00 4.86
Bright Aqua
#0BF9EA
ΔE00 4.89
Bright Cyan
#41FDFE
ΔE00 4.89
Bright Light Blue
#26F7FD
ΔE00 5.00
Aqua
#00FFFF
ΔE00 5.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#55E9E3 #E9555B
analogous
#55E999 #55E9E3 #55A5E9
triadic
#55E9E3 #E355E9 #E9E355
tetradic
#55E9E3 #9955E9 #E9555B #A5E955
square
#55E9E3 #9955E9 #E9555B #A5E955
split-complementary
#55E9E3 #E955A5 #E99955
monochromatic
#16ADA7 #1FE2DA #55E9E3 #8BF0EC #C1F7F5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#55E9E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.15
#55E9E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #55E9E3
14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##55E9E3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##55E9E3 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.15 | 14.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCDEE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5CDE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EFE7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #55e9e3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 233, 227); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.124 191.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#96f0eb',
500: '#55e9e3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #55e9e3; $custom-light: #96f0eb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#55e9e3",
"rgb": {
"r": 85,
"g": 233,
"b": 227
},
"hsl": {
"h": 177.568,
"s": 77.083,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85465,
"c": 0.12444,
"h": 191.2
},
"luminance": 0.65755
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#55E9E3
secondary
#AE3439
accent
#0C15D9
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFD
border
#CFD6D5
text
#0F1716
muted
#808584