#55C2EE#55C2EE

#55C2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.117 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2EE
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -18.04, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 35.90, 239.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0784 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.117 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4646, 46.6839, 87.8561)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2EE #EE8155

analogous

#55EECD #55C2EE #5575EE

triadic

#55C2EE #EE55C2 #C2EE55

tetradic

#55C2EE #CD55EE #EE8155 #75EE55

square

#55C2EE #CD55EE #EE8155 #75EE55

split-complementary

#55C2EE #EE5575 #EECD55

monochromatic

#1287B6 #1DAEE8 #55C2EE #8DD6F4 #C4EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#55C2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2EE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2EE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.117 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f3',
    500: '#55c2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2ee;
$custom-light: #94d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76822,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2EE

secondary

#EBC4B4

accent

#4507DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2EE

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

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