#55C4F2#55C4F2

#55C4F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4F2
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 19%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -17.84, -32.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 36.71, 240.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.079 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.12 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5069, 47.8178, 91.1349)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4F2 #F28355

analogous

#55F2D2 #55C4F2 #5576F2

triadic

#55C4F2 #F255C4 #C4F255

tetradic

#55C4F2 #D255F2 #F28355 #76F255

square

#55C4F2 #D255F2 #F28355 #76F255

split-complementary

#55C4F2 #F25576 #F2D255

monochromatic

#0F8BBE #1CB0EE #55C4F2 #8ED8F6 #C7EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C4F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#55C4F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4F2

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4F2	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC1F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f6',
    500: '#55c4f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4f2;
$custom-light: #94d6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.58,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77449,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4F2

secondary

#EDC6B6

accent

#4503E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4F2

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

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