#55C4E2#55C4E2

#55C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E2
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -22.70, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 33.29, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0849 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.109 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2081, 46.8983, 79.0281)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E2 #E27355

analogous

#55E2B9 #55C4E2 #557DE2

triadic

#55C4E2 #E255C4 #C4E255

tetradic

#55C4E2 #B955E2 #E27355 #7DE255

square

#55C4E2 #B955E2 #E27355 #7DE255

split-complementary

#55C4E2 #E2557D #E2B955

monochromatic

#1B85A1 #24B0D5 #55C4E2 #89D6EB #BEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#55C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E2

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E2	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6eb',
    500: '#55c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e2;
$custom-light: #93d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76788,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E2

secondary

#E4BAAF

accent

#3C13D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E2

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

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