#55C0EC#55C0EC

#55C0EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0EC
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -17.61, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 35.62, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0771 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.116 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7303, 45.6827, 86.1698)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0EC #EC8155

analogous

#55ECCC #55C0EC #5575EC

triadic

#55C0EC #EC55C0 #C0EC55

tetradic

#55C0EC #CC55EC #EC8155 #75EC55

square

#55C0EC #CC55EC #EC8155 #75EC55

split-complementary

#55C0EC #EC5575 #ECCC55

monochromatic

#1484B3 #1EACE6 #55C0EC #8CD4F2 #C3E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#55C0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#55C0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0EC

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0EC	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f2',
    500: '#55c0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0ec;
$custom-light: #94d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.483,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7628,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0EC

secondary

#EAC3B3

accent

#4709DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0EC

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

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