#55C2E6#55C2E6

#55C2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.111 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2E6
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -20.48, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 34.03, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0813 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.111 223)
XYZ	xyz(37.3153, 46.2241, 81.8032)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2E6 #E67955

analogous

#55E6C2 #55C2E6 #5579E6

triadic

#55C2E6 #E655C2 #C2E655

tetradic

#55C2E6 #C255E6 #E67955 #79E655

square

#55C2E6 #C255E6 #E67955 #79E655

split-complementary

#55C2E6 #E65579 #E6C255

monochromatic

#1984A8 #21AEDD #55C2E6 #8AD5EE #C0E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#55C2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2E6

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2E6	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.111 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4ee',
    500: '#55c2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2e6;
$custom-light: #93d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76487,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.46228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2E6

secondary

#E6BEB1

accent

#410FD6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2E6

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

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