#55C5EA#55C5EA

#55C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.114 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5EA
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -20.81, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 34.72, 233.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0829 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.114 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5579, 47.8002, 85.0203)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5EA #EA7A55

analogous

#55EAC4 #55C5EA #557BEA

triadic

#55C5EA #EA55C5 #C5EA55

tetradic

#55C5EA #C455EA #EA7A55 #7BEA55

square

#55C5EA #C455EA #EA7A55 #7BEA55

split-complementary

#55C5EA #EA557B #EAC455

monochromatic

#1689AF #1FB2E3 #55C5EA #8BD8F1 #C2EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#55C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5EA

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5EA	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)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.114 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f0',
    500: '#55c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5ea;
$custom-light: #94d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77342,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5EA

secondary

#E8C0B2

accent

#3F0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5EA

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

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