#55C8EE#55C8EE

#55C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8EE
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -21.13, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 35.40, 233.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0845 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.116 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8270, 49.4087, 88.3102)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8EE #EE7B55

analogous

#55EEC7 #55C8EE #557BEE

triadic

#55C8EE #EE55C8 #C8EE55

tetradic

#55C8EE #C755EE #EE7B55 #7BEE55

square

#55C8EE #C755EE #EE7B55 #7BEE55

split-complementary

#55C8EE #EE557B #EEC755

monochromatic

#128EB6 #1DB6E8 #55C8EE #8DDAF4 #C4ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#55C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8EE

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8EE	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f3',
    500: '#55c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ee;
$custom-light: #94d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8EE

secondary

#EBC2B4

accent

#3D07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8EE

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

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