#55C4EE#55C4EE

#55C4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4EE
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -19.07, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 35.69, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0805 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.117 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9127, 47.5801, 88.0055)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4EE #EE7F55

analogous

#55EECC #55C4EE #5577EE

triadic

#55C4EE #EE55C4 #C4EE55

tetradic

#55C4EE #CC55EE #EE7F55 #77EE55

square

#55C4EE #CC55EE #EE7F55 #77EE55

split-complementary

#55C4EE #EE5577 #EECC55

monochromatic

#1289B6 #1DB1E8 #55C4EE #8DD7F4 #C4EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#55C4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4EE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4EE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f3',
    500: '#55c4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4ee;
$custom-light: #94d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4EE

secondary

#EBC3B4

accent

#4207DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4EE

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

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