#55C3ED#55C3ED

#55C3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.116 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3ED
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -18.86, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 35.54, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0798 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.116 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5414, 47.0719, 87.1589)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3ED #ED7F55

analogous

#55EDCB #55C3ED #5577ED

triadic

#55C3ED #ED55C3 #C3ED55

tetradic

#55C3ED #CB55ED #ED7F55 #77ED55

square

#55C3ED #CB55ED #ED7F55 #77ED55

split-complementary

#55C3ED #ED5577 #EDCB55

monochromatic

#1388B4 #1EAFE7 #55C3ED #8CD7F3 #C4EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#55C3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3ED

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3ED	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.116 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f3',
    500: '#55c3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ed;
$custom-light: #94d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77009,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3ED

secondary

#EAC3B4

accent

#4308DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3ED

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

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