#55ECF0#55ECF0

#55ECF0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.125 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ECF0
RGB	rgb(85, 236, 240)
HSL	hsl(182, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -37.95, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 40.35, 199.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.1196 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.125 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4630, 68.2079, 92.9798)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ECF0 #F05955

analogous

#55F0A6 #55ECF0 #559EF0

triadic

#55ECF0 #F055EC #ECF055

tetradic

#55ECF0 #A655F0 #F05955 #9EF055

square

#55ECF0 #A655F0 #F05955 #9EF055

split-complementary

#55ECF0 #F0559E #F0A655

monochromatic

#10B6BA #1DE6EB #55ECF0 #8DF2F5 #C5F9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#55ECF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#55ECF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ECF0

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ECF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ECF0	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F4ED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ecf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 236, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.125 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f2f4',
    500: '#55ecf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ecf0;
$custom-light: #97f2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ecf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.548,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86595,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ECF0

secondary

#B93430

accent

#0B05E0

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1717

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ECF0

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

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