#55C2DE#55C2DE

#55C2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.106 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2DE
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -22.88, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 32.64, 225.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0844 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.106 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2176, 45.7851, 76.0218)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2DE #DE7155

analogous

#55DEB6 #55C2DE #557DDE

triadic

#55C2DE #DE55C2 #C2DE55

tetradic

#55C2DE #B655DE #DE7155 #7DDE55

square

#55C2DE #B655DE #DE7155 #7DDE55

split-complementary

#55C2DE #DE557D #DEB655

monochromatic

#1E819B #28ACCE #55C2DE #88D4E8 #BCE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#55C2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#55C2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2DE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2DE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.106 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4e8',
    500: '#55c2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2de;
$custom-light: #92d4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.263,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76165,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2DE

secondary

#E2B8AD

accent

#3C16CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2DE

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

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