#55C8E0#55C8E0

#55C8E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.108 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8E0
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -25.30, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 33.28, 220.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0898 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.108 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8496, 48.6177, 77.8960)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8E0 #E06D55

analogous

#55E0B3 #55C8E0 #5582E0

triadic

#55C8E0 #E055C8 #C8E055

tetradic

#55C8E0 #B355E0 #E06D55 #82E055

square

#55C8E0 #B355E0 #E06D55 #82E055

split-complementary

#55C8E0 #E05582 #E0B355

monochromatic

#1D889E #26B4D2 #55C8E0 #89D9E9 #BDE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#55C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8E0

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8E0	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.108 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e9',
    500: '#55c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8e0;
$custom-light: #93d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77638,
    "c": 0.10801,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8E0

secondary

#E3B7AE

accent

#3514D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8E0

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

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