#55C8E4#55C8E4

#55C8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8E4
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -24.12, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 33.72, 224.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0882 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.11 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3985, 48.8372, 80.7866)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8E4 #E47155

analogous

#55E4B9 #55C8E4 #5581E4

triadic

#55C8E4 #E455C8 #C8E455

tetradic

#55C8E4 #B955E4 #E47155 #81E455

square

#55C8E4 #B955E4 #E47155 #81E455

split-complementary

#55C8E4 #E45581 #E4B955

monochromatic

#1A89A4 #23B6D9 #55C8E4 #8AD9EC #BFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#55C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8E4

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8E4	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9ec',
    500: '#55c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8e4;
$custom-light: #93d9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.748,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77794,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8E4

secondary

#E5BAB0

accent

#3711D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →