#55EEEA#55EEEA

#55EEEA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.127 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55EEEA
RGB	rgb(85, 238, 234)
HSL	hsl(178, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 1.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -40.49, -9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 41.69, 193.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.124 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.127 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1655, 69.0154, 88.5561)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55EEEA #EE5559

analogous

#55EE9D #55EEEA #55A6EE

triadic

#55EEEA #EA55EE #EEEA55

tetradic

#55EEEA #9D55EE #EE5559 #A6EE55

square

#55EEEA #9D55EE #EE5559 #A6EE55

split-complementary

#55EEEA #EE55A6 #EE9D55

monochromatic

#12B6B2 #1DE8E3 #55EEEA #8DF4F1 #C4F9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#55EEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#55EEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55EEEA

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55EEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55EEEA	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F5EC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55eeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 238, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.127 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97f4f0',
    500: '#55eeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55eeea;
$custom-light: #97f4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55eeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.431,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86863,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55EEEA

secondary

#B63135

accent

#070DDE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1716

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55EEEA

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

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