#55C4DC#55C4DC

#55C4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4DC
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -24.48, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 32.52, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0872 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.106 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3992, 46.5747, 74.7678)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4DC #DC6D55

analogous

#55DCB1 #55C4DC #5580DC

triadic

#55C4DC #DC55C4 #C4DC55

tetradic

#55C4DC #B155DC #DC6D55 #80DC55

square

#55C4DC #B155DC #DC6D55 #80DC55

split-complementary

#55C4DC #DC5580 #DCB155

monochromatic

#1F8297 #2AAECA #55C4DC #88D6E6 #BBE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#55C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4DC

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4DC	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e6',
    500: '#55c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4dc;
$custom-light: #92d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4DC

secondary

#E0B6AC

accent

#5D3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4DC

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

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