#55C2E9#55C2E9

#55C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2E9
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -19.57, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 34.68, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0802 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.113 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7402, 46.3941, 84.0410)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2E9 #E97C55

analogous

#55E9C6 #55C2E9 #5578E9

triadic

#55C2E9 #E955C2 #C2E955

tetradic

#55C2E9 #C655E9 #E97C55 #78E955

square

#55C2E9 #C655E9 #E97C55 #78E955

split-complementary

#55C2E9 #E95578 #E9C655

monochromatic

#1685AD #1FAFE2 #55C2E9 #8BD5F0 #C1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#55C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2E9

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2E9	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f0',
    500: '#55c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2e9;
$custom-light: #93d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76612,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2E9

secondary

#E8C0B2

accent

#420CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2E9

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

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