#55C5DE#55C5DE

#55C5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.107 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5DE
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -24.39, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 32.82, 221.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0875 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.107 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8920, 47.1339, 76.2466)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5DE #DE6E55

analogous

#55DEB3 #55C5DE #5580DE

triadic

#55C5DE #DE55C5 #C5DE55

tetradic

#55C5DE #B355DE #DE6E55 #80DE55

square

#55C5DE #B355DE #DE6E55 #80DE55

split-complementary

#55C5DE #DE5580 #DEB355

monochromatic

#1E849B #28B0CE #55C5DE #88D6E8 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#55C5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5DE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5DE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.107 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e8',
    500: '#55c5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5de;
$custom-light: #92d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.949,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5DE

secondary

#E2B7AD

accent

#3816CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5DE

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

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