#55E9EC#55E9EC

#55E9EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.124 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E9EC
RGB	rgb(85, 233, 236)
HSL	hsl(181, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -37.68, -13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 39.87, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.1183 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.124 197)
XYZ	xyz(48.0189, 66.2599, 89.5994)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E9EC #EC5855

analogous

#55ECA3 #55E9EC #559DEC

triadic

#55E9EC #EC55E9 #E9EC55

tetradic

#55E9EC #A355EC #EC5855 #9DEC55

square

#55E9EC #A355EC #EC5855 #9DEC55

split-complementary

#55E9EC #EC559D #ECA355

monochromatic

#14AFB3 #1EE2E6 #55E9EC #8CF0F2 #C3F7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#55E9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#55E9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E9EC

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E9EC	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 233, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.124 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f2',
    500: '#55e9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e9ec;
$custom-light: #97f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.192,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85762,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.66265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E9EC

secondary

#B33533

accent

#0D09DC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E9EC

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

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