#55C8E1#55C8E1

#55C8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.108 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8E1
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -25.01, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 33.37, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0894 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.108 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9856, 48.6721, 78.6123)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8E1 #E16E55

analogous

#55E1B4 #55C8E1 #5582E1

triadic

#55C8E1 #E155C8 #C8E155

tetradic

#55C8E1 #B455E1 #E16E55 #82E155

square

#55C8E1 #B455E1 #E16E55 #82E155

split-complementary

#55C8E1 #E15582 #E1B455

monochromatic

#1C889F #25B4D3 #55C8E1 #89D9EA #BDEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#55C8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8E1

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8E1	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.108 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9ea',
    500: '#55c8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8e1;
$custom-light: #93d9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77677,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8E1

secondary

#E3B8AE

accent

#3614D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8E1

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

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