#55C4EF#55C4EF

#55C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4EF
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -18.77, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 35.93, 238.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0801 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.117 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0600, 47.6390, 88.7814)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4EF #EF8055

analogous

#55EFCD #55C4EF #5577EF

triadic

#55C4EF #EF55C4 #C4EF55

tetradic

#55C4EF #CD55EF #EF8055 #77EF55

square

#55C4EF #CD55EF #EF8055 #77EF55

split-complementary

#55C4EF #EF5577 #EFCD55

monochromatic

#118AB8 #1DB1EA #55C4EF #8DD7F4 #C5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#55C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4EF

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4EF	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f4',
    500: '#55c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4ef;
$custom-light: #94d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.753,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77322,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4EF

secondary

#EBC4B5

accent

#4306DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4EF

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

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