#55C8E2#55C8E2

#55C8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8E2
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 226)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -24.72, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 33.48, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.089 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.109 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1224, 48.7268, 79.3329)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8E2 #E26F55

analogous

#55E2B5 #55C8E2 #5581E2

triadic

#55C8E2 #E255C8 #C8E255

tetradic

#55C8E2 #B555E2 #E26F55 #81E255

square

#55C8E2 #B555E2 #E26F55 #81E255

split-complementary

#55C8E2 #E25581 #E2B555

monochromatic

#1B88A1 #24B5D5 #55C8E2 #89D9EB #BEEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#55C8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8E2

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8E2	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)

#B6C2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9eb',
    500: '#55c8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8e2;
$custom-light: #93d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77715,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8E2

secondary

#E4B9AF

accent

#3613D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8E2

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

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