#55C0EF#55C0EF

#55C0EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0EF
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -16.69, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 36.45, 242.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0761 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.118 230)
XYZ	xyz(38.1698, 45.8585, 88.4846)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0EF #EF8455

analogous

#55EFD1 #55C0EF #5573EF

triadic

#55C0EF #EF55C0 #C0EF55

tetradic

#55C0EF #D155EF #EF8455 #73EF55

square

#55C0EF #D155EF #EF8455 #73EF55

split-complementary

#55C0EF #EF5573 #EFD155

monochromatic

#1185B8 #1DABEA #55C0EF #8DD5F4 #C5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#55C0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0EF

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0EF	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f4',
    500: '#55c0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0ef;
$custom-light: #94d3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.312,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76409,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.45863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0EF

secondary

#EBC5B5

accent

#4806DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0EF

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

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