#55C8EC#55C8EC

#55C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8EC
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -21.73, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 35.00, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0852 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.115 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5348, 49.2918, 86.7713)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8EC #EC7955

analogous

#55ECC5 #55C8EC #557CEC

triadic

#55C8EC #EC55C8 #C8EC55

tetradic

#55C8EC #C555EC #EC7955 #7CEC55

square

#55C8EC #C555EC #EC7955 #7CEC55

split-complementary

#55C8EC #EC557C #ECC555

monochromatic

#148DB3 #1EB6E6 #55C8EC #8CDAF2 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#55C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8EC

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8EC	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f2',
    500: '#55c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ec;
$custom-light: #94d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.305,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8EC

secondary

#EAC0B3

accent

#3C09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8EC

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

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