#55C3EF#55C3EF

#55C3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3EF
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -18.25, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 36.05, 239.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0791 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.118 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8352, 47.1894, 88.7064)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3EF #EF8155

analogous

#55EFCE #55C3EF #5576EF

triadic

#55C3EF #EF55C3 #C3EF55

tetradic

#55C3EF #CE55EF #EF8155 #76EF55

square

#55C3EF #CE55EF #EF8155 #76EF55

split-complementary

#55C3EF #EF5576 #EFCE55

monochromatic

#1189B8 #1DAFEA #55C3EF #8DD7F4 #C5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#55C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3EF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3EF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f4',
    500: '#55c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ef;
$custom-light: #94d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77093,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3EF

secondary

#EBC4B5

accent

#4406DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3EF

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

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