#55E9E6#55E9E6

#55E9E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.124 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E9E6
RGB	rgb(85, 233, 230)
HSL	hsl(179, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -39.31, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 40.60, 194.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.1208 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.124 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1618, 65.9171, 85.0853)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E9E6 #E95558

analogous

#55E99C #55E9E6 #55A2E9

triadic

#55E9E6 #E655E9 #E9E655

tetradic

#55E9E6 #9C55E9 #E95558 #A2E955

square

#55E9E6 #9C55E9 #E95558 #A2E955

split-complementary

#55E9E6 #E955A2 #E99C55

monochromatic

#16ADAA #1FE2DE #55E9E6 #8BF0EE #C1F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#55E9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#55E9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E9E6

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E9E6	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)

#DBDEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 233, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.124 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96f0ed',
    500: '#55e9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e9e6;
$custom-light: #96f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.784,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85562,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E9E6

secondary

#AE3437

accent

#0C10D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E9E6

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

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