#55C3EE#55C3EE

#55C3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3EE
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -18.56, -30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 35.79, 238.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0795 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.117 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6879, 47.1305, 87.9305)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3EE #EE8055

analogous

#55EECD #55C3EE #5576EE

triadic

#55C3EE #EE55C3 #C3EE55

tetradic

#55C3EE #CD55EE #EE8055 #76EE55

square

#55C3EE #CD55EE #EE8055 #76EE55

split-complementary

#55C3EE #EE5576 #EECD55

monochromatic

#1288B6 #1DAFE8 #55C3EE #8DD7F4 #C4EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#55C3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3EE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3EE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f3',
    500: '#55c3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ee;
$custom-light: #94d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77051,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3EE

secondary

#EBC3B4

accent

#4407DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3EE

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

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