#55C2E4#55C2E4

#55C2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2E4
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -21.09, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 33.64, 231.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0821 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.11 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0361, 46.1124, 80.3325)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2E4 #E47755

analogous

#55E4BF #55C2E4 #557BE4

triadic

#55C2E4 #E455C2 #C2E455

tetradic

#55C2E4 #BF55E4 #E47755 #7BE455

square

#55C2E4 #BF55E4 #E47755 #7BE455

split-complementary

#55C2E4 #E4557B #E4BF55

monochromatic

#1A84A4 #23AED9 #55C2E4 #8AD5EC #BFE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#55C2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2E4

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2E4	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4ec',
    500: '#55c2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2e4;
$custom-light: #93d4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2E4

secondary

#E5BCB0

accent

#3F11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2E4

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

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