#55C3EC#55C3EC

#55C3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3EC
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -19.17, -29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 35.30, 237.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0802 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.115 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3957, 47.0136, 86.3916)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3EC #EC7E55

analogous

#55ECC9 #55C3EC #5578EC

triadic

#55C3EC #EC55C3 #C3EC55

tetradic

#55C3EC #C955EC #EC7E55 #78EC55

square

#55C3EC #C955EC #EC7E55 #78EC55

split-complementary

#55C3EC #EC5578 #ECC955

monochromatic

#1488B3 #1EB0E6 #55C3EC #8CD6F2 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#55C3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3EC

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3EC	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f2',
    500: '#55c3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ec;
$custom-light: #94d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3EC

secondary

#EAC2B3

accent

#4309DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3EC

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

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