#55C2EF#55C2EF

#55C2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55C2EF
RGBrgb(85, 194, 239)
HSLhsl(198, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(198, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.03, -17.73, -31.53)
CIE-LCHlch(74.03, 36.17, 240.65°)
OKLaboklab(76.87% -0.0781 -0.0882)
OKLCHoklch(76.87% 0.118 228.5)
XYZxyz(38.6119, 46.7428, 88.6320)
Luminance0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55C2EF #EF8255
analogous
#55EFCF #55C2EF #5575EF
triadic
#55C2EF #EF55C2 #C2EF55
tetradic
#55C2EF #CF55EF #EF8255 #75EF55
square
#55C2EF #CF55EF #EF8255 #75EF55
split-complementary
#55C2EF #EF5575 #EFCF55
monochromatic
#1187B8 #1DAEEA #55C2EF #8DD6F4 #C5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#55C2EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35
#55C2EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2EF
10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55C2EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55C2EF1.002.0310.3510.35
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3521.001.001.00
##00000010.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABBFF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95AFEE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55c2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 228.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f4',
    500: '#55c2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55c2ef;
$custom-light: #94d4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55c2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.532,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55C2EF
secondary
#EBC5B5
accent
#4606DF
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8385

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#55C2EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva