#55C3F2#55C3F2

#55C3F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3F2
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -17.32, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 36.85, 241.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.078 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.12 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2821, 47.3681, 91.0599)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3F2 #F28455

analogous

#55F2D3 #55C3F2 #5575F2

triadic

#55C3F2 #F255C3 #C3F255

tetradic

#55C3F2 #D355F2 #F28455 #75F255

square

#55C3F2 #D355F2 #F28455 #75F255

split-complementary

#55C3F2 #F25575 #F2D355

monochromatic

#0F8ABE #1CAFEE #55C3F2 #8ED7F6 #C7EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C3F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#55C3F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3F2

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3F2	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC0F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B0F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f6',
    500: '#55c3f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3f2;
$custom-light: #94d5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.962,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77222,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3F2

secondary

#EDC6B6

accent

#4603E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3F2

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

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