#55C4E4#55C4E4

#55C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E4
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -22.10, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 33.61, 228.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0841 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.11 220)
XYZ	xyz(37.4842, 47.0087, 80.4819)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E4 #E47555

analogous

#55E4BD #55C4E4 #557DE4

triadic

#55C4E4 #E455C4 #C4E455

tetradic

#55C4E4 #BD55E4 #E47555 #7DE455

square

#55C4E4 #BD55E4 #E47555 #7DE455

split-complementary

#55C4E4 #E4557D #E4BD55

monochromatic

#1A86A4 #23B0D9 #55C4E4 #8AD6EC #BFE9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#55C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E4

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E4	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ec',
    500: '#55c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e4;
$custom-light: #93d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76868,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.47013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E4

secondary

#E5BCB0

accent

#3D11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E4

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

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