#55C5DC#55C5DC

#55C5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.106 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5DC
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -24.98, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 32.62, 220.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0883 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.106 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6255, 47.0273, 74.8433)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5DC #DC6C55

analogous

#55DCAF #55C5DC #5582DC

triadic

#55C5DC #DC55C5 #C5DC55

tetradic

#55C5DC #AF55DC #DC6C55 #82DC55

square

#55C5DC #AF55DC #DC6C55 #82DC55

split-complementary

#55C5DC #DC5582 #DCAF55

monochromatic

#1F8397 #2AAFCA #55C5DC #88D6E6 #BBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#55C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5DC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5DC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.106 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e6',
    500: '#55c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5dc;
$custom-light: #92d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76785,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5DC

secondary

#E0B5AC

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5DC

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

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