#55E9EF#55E9EF

#55E9EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.124 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E9EF
RGB	rgb(85, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -36.85, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 39.60, 201.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.117 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.124 199)
XYZ	xyz(48.4584, 66.4357, 91.9141)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E9EF #EF5B55

analogous

#55EFA8 #55E9EF #559CEF

triadic

#55E9EF #EF55E9 #E9EF55

tetradic

#55E9EF #A855EF #EF5B55 #9CEF55

square

#55E9EF #A855EF #EF5B55 #9CEF55

split-complementary

#55E9EF #EF559C #EFA855

monochromatic

#11B2B8 #1DE2EA #55E9EF #8DF0F4 #C5F7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#55E9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#55E9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E9EF

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E9EF	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.124 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f0f4',
    500: '#55e9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e9ef;
$custom-light: #97f0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.338,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85864,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.66441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E9EF

secondary

#B73631

accent

#0F06DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E9EF

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

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