#55C4EC#55C4EC

#55C4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4EC
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -19.69, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 35.22, 236.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0812 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.115 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6205, 47.4632, 86.4666)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4EC #EC7D55

analogous

#55ECC8 #55C4EC #5578EC

triadic

#55C4EC #EC55C4 #C4EC55

tetradic

#55C4EC #C855EC #EC7D55 #78EC55

square

#55C4EC #C855EC #EC7D55 #78EC55

split-complementary

#55C4EC #EC5578 #ECC855

monochromatic

#1489B3 #1EB1E6 #55C4EC #8CD7F2 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#55C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4EC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4EC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f2',
    500: '#55c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4ec;
$custom-light: #94d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77196,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4EC

secondary

#EAC2B3

accent

#4109DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4EC

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

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