#55C5F2#55C5F2

#55C5F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5F2
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -18.36, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 36.59, 239.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.08 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.119 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7332, 48.2704, 91.2103)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5F2 #F28255

analogous

#55F2D0 #55C5F2 #5577F2

triadic

#55C5F2 #F255C5 #C5F255

tetradic

#55C5F2 #D055F2 #F28255 #77F255

square

#55C5F2 #D055F2 #F28255 #77F255

split-complementary

#55C5F2 #F25577 #F2D055

monochromatic

#0F8CBE #1CB2EE #55C5F2 #8ED8F6 #C7ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C5F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#55C5F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5F2

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5F2	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC2F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B2F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f6',
    500: '#55c5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5f2;
$custom-light: #94d6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.197,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77677,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5F2

secondary

#EDC6B6

accent

#4303E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5F2

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

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