#55C4E8#55C4E8

#55C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4E8
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -20.90, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 34.35, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0826 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.112 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0459, 47.2334, 83.4402)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4E8 #E87955

analogous

#55E8C3 #55C4E8 #557BE8

triadic

#55C4E8 #E855C4 #C4E855

tetradic

#55C4E8 #C355E8 #E87955 #7BE855

square

#55C4E8 #C355E8 #E87955 #7BE855

split-complementary

#55C4E8 #E8557B #E8C355

monochromatic

#1787AB #1FB1E1 #55C4E8 #8BD7EF #C1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#55C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4E8

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4E8	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ef',
    500: '#55c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4e8;
$custom-light: #93d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4E8

secondary

#E7BFB1

accent

#3F0DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4E8

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

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