#55C4E5#55C4E5

#55C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E5
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -21.80, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 33.79, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0838 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.11 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6234, 47.0644, 81.2151)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E5 #E57655

analogous

#55E5BE #55C4E5 #557CE5

triadic

#55C4E5 #E555C4 #C4E555

tetradic

#55C4E5 #BE55E5 #E57655 #7CE555

square

#55C4E5 #BE55E5 #E57655 #7CE555

split-complementary

#55C4E5 #E5557C #E5BE55

monochromatic

#1986A6 #22B1DB #55C4E5 #8AD6ED #BFE9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#55C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E5

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E5	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ed',
    500: '#55c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e5;
$custom-light: #93d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E5

secondary

#E6BCB0

accent

#3D10D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E5

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

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