#55C8DF#55C8DF

#55C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.108 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8DF
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -25.60, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 33.19, 219.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0902 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.108 213)
XYZ	xyz(37.7144, 48.5636, 77.1839)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8DF #DF6C55

analogous

#55DFB1 #55C8DF #5583DF

triadic

#55C8DF #DF55C8 #C8DF55

tetradic

#55C8DF #B155DF #DF6C55 #83DF55

square

#55C8DF #B155DF #DF6C55 #83DF55

split-complementary

#55C8DF #DF5583 #DFB155

monochromatic

#1D879C #27B4D0 #55C8DF #89D9E9 #BCE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#55C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8DF

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8DF	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.108 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e9',
    500: '#55c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8df;
$custom-light: #93d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.776,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.48568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8DF

secondary

#E2B6AE

accent

#3415D0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8DF

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

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