#55C6E2#55C6E2

#55C6E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.109 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6E2
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 226)
HSL	hsl(192, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -23.71, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 33.36, 224.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.087 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.109 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6623, 47.8065, 79.1795)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6E2 #E27155

analogous

#55E2B7 #55C6E2 #557FE2

triadic

#55C6E2 #E255C6 #C6E255

tetradic

#55C6E2 #B755E2 #E27155 #7FE255

square

#55C6E2 #B755E2 #E27155 #7FE255

split-complementary

#55C6E2 #E2557F #E2B755

monochromatic

#1B87A1 #24B2D5 #55C6E2 #89D8EB #BEE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#55C6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6E2

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6E2	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)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.109 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7eb',
    500: '#55c6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6e2;
$custom-light: #93d7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.915,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77251,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6E2

secondary

#E4B9AF

accent

#3913D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6E2

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

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