#55C3E6#55C3E6

#55C3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.111 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3E6
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -20.99, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 33.99, 231.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0824 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.111 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5386, 46.6708, 81.8776)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3E6 #E67855

analogous

#55E6C1 #55C3E6 #557BE6

triadic

#55C3E6 #E655C3 #C3E655

tetradic

#55C3E6 #C155E6 #E67855 #7BE655

square

#55C3E6 #C155E6 #E67855 #7BE655

split-complementary

#55C3E6 #E6557B #E6C155

monochromatic

#1985A8 #21B0DD #55C3E6 #8AD6EE #C0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#55C3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3E6

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3E6	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)

#AFBFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.111 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5ee',
    500: '#55c3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3e6;
$custom-light: #93d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3E6

secondary

#E6BEB1

accent

#3F0FD6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3E6

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

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