#55C0ED#55C0ED

#55C0ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0ED
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -17.30, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 35.89, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0768 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.117 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8760, 45.7410, 86.9371)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0ED #ED8255

analogous

#55EDCE #55C0ED #5574ED

triadic

#55C0ED #ED55C0 #C0ED55

tetradic

#55C0ED #CE55ED #ED8255 #74ED55

square

#55C0ED #CE55ED #ED8255 #74ED55

split-complementary

#55C0ED #ED5574 #EDCE55

monochromatic

#1385B4 #1EABE7 #55C0ED #8CD5F3 #C4E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#55C0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#55C0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0ED

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0ED	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f3',
    500: '#55c0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0ed;
$custom-light: #94d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.763,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76323,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0ED

secondary

#EAC4B4

accent

#4708DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0ED

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

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