#55C6EC#55C6EC

#55C6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6EC
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -20.71, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 35.08, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0832 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.115 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0746, 48.3715, 86.6180)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6EC #EC7B55

analogous

#55ECC6 #55C6EC #557BEC

triadic

#55C6EC #EC55C6 #C6EC55

tetradic

#55C6EC #C655EC #EC7B55 #7BEC55

square

#55C6EC #C655EC #EC7B55 #7BEC55

split-complementary

#55C6EC #EC557B #ECC655

monochromatic

#148BB3 #1EB4E6 #55C6EC #8CD8F2 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#55C6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6EC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6EC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f2',
    500: '#55c6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6ec;
$custom-light: #94d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.099,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77654,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6EC

secondary

#EAC1B3

accent

#3E09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6EC

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

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