#55C8EA#55C8EA

#55C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.113 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8EA
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -22.33, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 34.63, 229.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.086 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.113 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2459, 49.1762, 85.2496)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8EA #EA7755

analogous

#55EAC1 #55C8EA #557EEA

triadic

#55C8EA #EA55C8 #C8EA55

tetradic

#55C8EA #C155EA #EA7755 #7EEA55

square

#55C8EA #C155EA #EA7755 #7EEA55

split-complementary

#55C8EA #EA557E #EAC155

monochromatic

#168CAF #1FB6E3 #55C8EA #8BDAF1 #C2EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#55C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#55C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8EA

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8EA	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.113 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9f0',
    500: '#55c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ea;
$custom-light: #94d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78032,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8EA

secondary

#E8BFB2

accent

#3A0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8EA

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

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