#55C4EA#55C4EA

#55C4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.114 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4EA
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -20.29, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 34.77, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0819 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.114 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3316, 47.3476, 84.9448)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4EA #EA7B55

analogous

#55EAC5 #55C4EA #557AEA

triadic

#55C4EA #EA55C4 #C4EA55

tetradic

#55C4EA #C555EA #EA7B55 #7AEA55

square

#55C4EA #C555EA #EA7B55 #7AEA55

split-complementary

#55C4EA #EA557A #EAC555

monochromatic

#1688AF #1FB1E3 #55C4EA #8BD7F1 #C2EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#55C4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4EA

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4EA	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.114 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f0',
    500: '#55c4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4ea;
$custom-light: #94d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4EA

secondary

#E8C0B2

accent

#400BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4EA

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

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