#55C4ED#55C4ED

#55C4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4ED
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -19.38, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 35.45, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0808 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.116 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7662, 47.5215, 87.2339)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4ED #ED7E55

analogous

#55EDCA #55C4ED #5578ED

triadic

#55C4ED #ED55C4 #C4ED55

tetradic

#55C4ED #CA55ED #ED7E55 #78ED55

square

#55C4ED #CA55ED #ED7E55 #78ED55

split-complementary

#55C4ED #ED5578 #EDCA55

monochromatic

#1389B4 #1EB1E7 #55C4ED #8CD7F3 #C4EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#55C4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4ED

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4ED	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f3',
    500: '#55c4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4ed;
$custom-light: #94d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77237,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4ED

secondary

#EAC2B4

accent

#4208DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4ED

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

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