#55C8F2#55C8F2

#55C8F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.119 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8F2
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -19.91, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 36.28, 236.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.083 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.119 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4212, 49.6463, 91.4396)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8F2 #F27F55

analogous

#55F2CE #55C8F2 #557AF2

triadic

#55C8F2 #F255C8 #C8F255

tetradic

#55C8F2 #CE55F2 #F27F55 #7AF255

square

#55C8F2 #CE55F2 #F27F55 #7AF255

split-complementary

#55C8F2 #F2557A #F2CE55

monochromatic

#0F8FBE #1CB6EE #55C8F2 #8EDAF6 #C7EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55C8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#55C8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8F2

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8F2	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C4F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.119 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8f6',
    500: '#55c8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8f2;
$custom-light: #95d8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78362,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8F2

secondary

#EDC5B6

accent

#3F03E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8F2

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

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