#55C4E3#55C4E3

#55C4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E3
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 227)
HSL	hsl(193, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -22.40, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 33.45, 227.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0845 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.109 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3458, 46.9533, 79.7529)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E3 #E37455

analogous

#55E3BB #55C4E3 #557DE3

triadic

#55C4E3 #E355C4 #C4E355

tetradic

#55C4E3 #BB55E3 #E37455 #7DE355

square

#55C4E3 #BB55E3 #E37455 #7DE355

split-complementary

#55C4E3 #E3557D #E3BB55

monochromatic

#1B85A3 #23B0D7 #55C4E3 #8AD6EC #BEE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#55C4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E3

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E3	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6eb',
    500: '#55c4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e3;
$custom-light: #93d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.099,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76828,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E3

secondary

#E5BBAF

accent

#3C12D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E3

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

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