#55C6F2#55C6F2

#55C6F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.119 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6F2
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -18.88, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 36.47, 238.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.081 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.119 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9610, 48.7260, 91.2862)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6F2 #F28155

analogous

#55F2CF #55C6F2 #5578F2

triadic

#55C6F2 #F255C6 #C6F255

tetradic

#55C6F2 #CF55F2 #F28155 #78F255

square

#55C6F2 #CF55F2 #F28155 #78F255

split-complementary

#55C6F2 #F25578 #F2CF55

monochromatic

#0F8DBE #1CB3EE #55C6F2 #8ED9F6 #C7ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C6F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#55C6F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6F2

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6F2	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.119 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7f6',
    500: '#55c6f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6f2;
$custom-light: #95d7f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6F2

secondary

#EDC5B6

accent

#4203E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6F2

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

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