#55C6EB#55C6EB

#55C6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6EB
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -21.01, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 34.88, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0836 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.114 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9298, 48.3135, 85.8549)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6EB #EB7A55

analogous

#55EBC5 #55C6EB #557BEB

triadic

#55C6EB #EB55C6 #C6EB55

tetradic

#55C6EB #C555EB #EB7A55 #7BEB55

square

#55C6EB #C555EB #EB7A55 #7BEB55

split-complementary

#55C6EB #EB557B #EBC555

monochromatic

#158AB1 #1EB4E5 #55C6EB #8CD8F1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#55C6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6EB

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6EB	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)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f1',
    500: '#55c6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6eb;
$custom-light: #94d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77613,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6EB

secondary

#E9C0B3

accent

#3E0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6EB

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

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