#55C3EA#55C3EA

#55C3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3EA
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -19.78, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 34.83, 235.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0809 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.114 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1068, 46.8980, 84.8699)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3EA #EA7C55

analogous

#55EAC7 #55C3EA #5578EA

triadic

#55C3EA #EA55C3 #C3EA55

tetradic

#55C3EA #C755EA #EA7C55 #78EA55

square

#55C3EA #C755EA #EA7C55 #78EA55

split-complementary

#55C3EA #EA5578 #EAC755

monochromatic

#1687AF #1FB0E3 #55C3EA #8BD6F1 #C2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#55C3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3EA

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3EA	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f0',
    500: '#55c3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ea;
$custom-light: #93d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76883,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3EA

secondary

#E8C0B2

accent

#410BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3EA

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

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