#55C1EA#55C1EA

#55C1EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1EA
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -18.75, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 35.00, 237.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0789 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.114 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6617, 46.0078, 84.7215)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1EA #EA7E55

analogous

#55EAC8 #55C1EA #5577EA

triadic

#55C1EA #EA55C1 #C1EA55

tetradic

#55C1EA #C855EA #EA7E55 #77EA55

square

#55C1EA #C855EA #EA7E55 #77EA55

split-complementary

#55C1EA #EA5577 #EAC855

monochromatic

#1685AF #1FADE3 #55C1EA #8BD5F1 #C2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#55C1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1EA

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1EA	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f0',
    500: '#55c1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1ea;
$custom-light: #93d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.51,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76424,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1EA

secondary

#E8C1B2

accent

#440BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1EA

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

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