#55ECF9#55ECF9

#55ECF9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.126 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ECF9
RGB	rgb(85, 236, 249)
HSL	hsl(185, 93%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -35.45, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 39.76, 206.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.1159 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.126 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.8332, 68.7560, 100.1964)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ECF9 #F96255

analogous

#55F9B4 #55ECF9 #559AF9

triadic

#55ECF9 #F955EC #ECF955

tetradic

#55ECF9 #B455F9 #F96255 #9AF955

square

#55ECF9 #B455F9 #F96255 #9AF955

split-complementary

#55ECF9 #F9559A #F9B455

monochromatic

#07BDCC #1AE5F7 #55ECF9 #90F3FB #CBF9FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#55ECF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#55ECF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ECF9

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ECF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ECF9	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAE2FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D1FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F5F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ecf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 236, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.126 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f2fb',
    500: '#55ecf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ecf9;
$custom-light: #98f2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ecf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.756,
    "s": 93.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86906,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ECF9

secondary

#C8372A

accent

#1200E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#0F1717

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ECF9

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

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