#55C5ED#55C5ED

#55C5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5ED
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -19.89, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 35.37, 235.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0818 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.116 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9925, 47.9741, 87.3093)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5ED #ED7D55

analogous

#55EDC9 #55C5ED #5579ED

triadic

#55C5ED #ED55C5 #C5ED55

tetradic

#55C5ED #C955ED #ED7D55 #79ED55

square

#55C5ED #C955ED #ED7D55 #79ED55

split-complementary

#55C5ED #ED5579 #EDC955

monochromatic

#138AB4 #1EB2E7 #55C5ED #8CD8F3 #C4EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#55C5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5ED

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5ED	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f3',
    500: '#55c5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5ed;
$custom-light: #94d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77466,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5ED

secondary

#EAC2B4

accent

#4008DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5ED

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

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