#55C3DC#55C3DC

#55C3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.105 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3DC
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -23.98, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 32.44, 222.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0862 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.105 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1744, 46.1251, 74.6929)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3DC #DC6E55

analogous

#55DCB2 #55C3DC #5580DC

triadic

#55C3DC #DC55C3 #C3DC55

tetradic

#55C3DC #B255DC #DC6E55 #80DC55

square

#55C3DC #B255DC #DC6E55 #80DC55

split-complementary

#55C3DC #DC5580 #DCB255

monochromatic

#1F8197 #2AACCA #55C3DC #88D5E6 #BBE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#55C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3DC

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3DC	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.105 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d5e7',
    500: '#55c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3dc;
$custom-light: #92d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3DC

secondary

#E0B6AC

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3DC

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

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