#55C6DE#55C6DE

#55C6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6DE
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -24.89, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 32.90, 220.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0885 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.107 214)
XYZ	xyz(37.1198, 47.5895, 76.3225)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6DE #DE6D55

analogous

#55DEB2 #55C6DE #5581DE

triadic

#55C6DE #DE55C6 #C6DE55

tetradic

#55C6DE #B255DE #DE6D55 #81DE55

square

#55C6DE #B255DE #DE6D55 #81DE55

split-complementary

#55C6DE #DE5581 #DEB255

monochromatic

#1E859B #28B1CE #55C6DE #88D7E8 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#55C6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6DE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6DE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7e8',
    500: '#55c6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6de;
$custom-light: #92d7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.511,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77095,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.47593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6DE

secondary

#E2B6AD

accent

#3716CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6DE

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

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