#55C2E5#55C2E5

#55C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2E5
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -20.78, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 33.83, 232.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0817 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.111 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1753, 46.1681, 81.0657)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2E5 #E57855

analogous

#55E5C0 #55C2E5 #557AE5

triadic

#55C2E5 #E555C2 #C2E555

tetradic

#55C2E5 #C055E5 #E57855 #7AE555

square

#55C2E5 #C055E5 #E57855 #7AE555

split-complementary

#55C2E5 #E5557A #E5C055

monochromatic

#1984A6 #22AEDB #55C2E5 #8AD5ED #BFE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#55C2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2E5

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2E5	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4ed',
    500: '#55c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2e5;
$custom-light: #93d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76446,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2E5

secondary

#E6BDB0

accent

#4010D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2E5

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

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