#55C5EC#55C5EC

#55C5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5EC
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -20.20, -28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 35.14, 234.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0822 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.115 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8468, 47.9158, 86.5420)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5EC #EC7C55

analogous

#55ECC8 #55C5EC #5579EC

triadic

#55C5EC #EC55C5 #C5EC55

tetradic

#55C5EC #C855EC #EC7C55 #79EC55

square

#55C5EC #C855EC #EC7C55 #79EC55

split-complementary

#55C5EC #EC5579 #ECC855

monochromatic

#148AB3 #1EB2E6 #55C5EC #8CD8F2 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#55C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5EC

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5EC	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f2',
    500: '#55c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5ec;
$custom-light: #94d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5EC

secondary

#EAC1B3

accent

#4009DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5EC

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

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