#55C2EA#55C2EA

#55C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2EA
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -19.26, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 34.91, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0799 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.114 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8835, 46.4514, 84.7955)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2EA #EA7D55

analogous

#55EAC7 #55C2EA #5578EA

triadic

#55C2EA #EA55C2 #C2EA55

tetradic

#55C2EA #C755EA #EA7D55 #78EA55

square

#55C2EA #C755EA #EA7D55 #78EA55

split-complementary

#55C2EA #EA5578 #EAC755

monochromatic

#1686AF #1FAEE3 #55C2EA #8BD6F1 #C2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#55C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2EA

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2EA	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f0',
    500: '#55c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2ea;
$custom-light: #93d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76653,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2EA

secondary

#E8C1B2

accent

#430BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2EA

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

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