#55C1ED#55C1ED

#55C1ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1ED
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -17.83, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 35.76, 240.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0778 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.116 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0963, 46.1816, 87.0106)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1ED #ED8155

analogous

#55EDCD #55C1ED #5575ED

triadic

#55C1ED #ED55C1 #C1ED55

tetradic

#55C1ED #CD55ED #ED8155 #75ED55

square

#55C1ED #CD55ED #ED8155 #75ED55

split-complementary

#55C1ED #ED5575 #EDCD55

monochromatic

#1386B4 #1EADE7 #55C1ED #8CD5F3 #C4E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#55C1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1ED

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1ED	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f3',
    500: '#55c1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1ed;
$custom-light: #94d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.368,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1ED

secondary

#EAC3B4

accent

#4608DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1ED

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

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