#55C9F2#55C9F2

#55C9F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9F2
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -20.42, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 36.20, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.084 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.118 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6535, 50.1110, 91.5171)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9F2 #F27E55

analogous

#55F2CD #55C9F2 #557BF2

triadic

#55C9F2 #F255C9 #C9F255

tetradic

#55C9F2 #CD55F2 #F27E55 #7BF255

square

#55C9F2 #CD55F2 #F27E55 #7BF255

split-complementary

#55C9F2 #F2557B #F2CD55

monochromatic

#0F90BE #1CB7EE #55C9F2 #8EDBF6 #C7EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55C9F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#55C9F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9F2

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9F2	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C5F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9f6',
    500: '#55c9f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9f2;
$custom-light: #95d9f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.669,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7859,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9F2

secondary

#BC542F

accent

#3D03E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9F2

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

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