#55C5DF#55C5DF

#55C5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.107 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5DF
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 223)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -24.10, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 32.93, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0871 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.107 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0264, 47.1877, 76.9545)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5DF #DF6F55

analogous

#55DFB4 #55C5DF #5580DF

triadic

#55C5DF #DF55C5 #C5DF55

tetradic

#55C5DF #B455DF #DF6F55 #80DF55

square

#55C5DF #B455DF #DF6F55 #80DF55

split-complementary

#55C5DF #DF5580 #DFB455

monochromatic

#1D849C #27B0D0 #55C5DF #89D7E9 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#55C5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5DF

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5DF	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.107 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e9',
    500: '#55c5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5df;
$custom-light: #92d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5DF

secondary

#E2B7AE

accent

#3815D0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5DF

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

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