#55C3E9#55C3E9

#55C3E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3E9
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 16.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -20.08, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 34.61, 234.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0813 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.113 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9635, 46.8407, 84.1154)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3E9 #E97B55

analogous

#55E9C5 #55C3E9 #5579E9

triadic

#55C3E9 #E955C3 #C3E955

tetradic

#55C3E9 #C555E9 #E97B55 #79E955

square

#55C3E9 #C555E9 #E97B55 #79E955

split-complementary

#55C3E9 #E95579 #E9C555

monochromatic

#1686AD #1FB0E2 #55C3E9 #8BD6F0 #C1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#55C3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3E9

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3E9	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f0',
    500: '#55c3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3e9;
$custom-light: #93d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76841,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3E9

secondary

#E8C0B2

accent

#410CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3E9

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

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