#55C4DE#55C4DE

#55C4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4DE
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -23.89, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 32.75, 223.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0864 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.107 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6657, 46.6813, 76.1712)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4DE #DE6F55

analogous

#55DEB4 #55C4DE #557FDE

triadic

#55C4DE #DE55C4 #C4DE55

tetradic

#55C4DE #B455DE #DE6F55 #7FDE55

square

#55C4DE #B455DE #DE6F55 #7FDE55

split-complementary

#55C4DE #DE557F #DEB455

monochromatic

#1E839B #28AECE #55C4DE #88D6E8 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#55C4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4DE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4DE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e8',
    500: '#55c4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4de;
$custom-light: #92d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.387,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7663,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4DE

secondary

#E2B7AD

accent

#3916CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4DE

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

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