#55C8ED#55C8ED

#55C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.115 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8ED
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -21.43, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 35.20, 232.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0849 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.115 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6805, 49.3501, 87.5386)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8ED #ED7A55

analogous

#55EDC6 #55C8ED #557CED

triadic

#55C8ED #ED55C8 #C8ED55

tetradic

#55C8ED #C655ED #ED7A55 #7CED55

square

#55C8ED #C655ED #ED7A55 #7CED55

split-complementary

#55C8ED #ED557C #EDC655

monochromatic

#138DB4 #1EB6E7 #55C8ED #8CDAF3 #C4ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55C8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#55C8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8ED

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8ED	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.115 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f3',
    500: '#55c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ed;
$custom-light: #94d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8ED

secondary

#EAC1B4

accent

#3C08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8ED

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

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