#55C4E7#55C4E7

#55C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E7
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -21.20, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 34.16, 231.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.083 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.112 222)
XYZ	xyz(37.9042, 47.1767, 82.6942)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E7 #E77855

analogous

#55E7C1 #55C4E7 #557BE7

triadic

#55C4E7 #E755C4 #C4E755

tetradic

#55C4E7 #C155E7 #E77855 #7BE755

square

#55C4E7 #C155E7 #E77855 #7BE755

split-complementary

#55C4E7 #E7557B #E7C155

monochromatic

#1887AA #20B1DF #55C4E7 #8BD7EF #C0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#55C4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E7

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E7	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ee',
    500: '#55c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e7;
$custom-light: #93d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.47181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E7

secondary

#E7BEB1

accent

#3E0ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E7

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

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