#55CAE3#55CAE3

#55CAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.110 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAE3
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 227)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -25.42, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 33.74, 221.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0907 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.11 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7263, 49.7143, 80.2131)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAE3 #E36E55

analogous

#55E3B5 #55CAE3 #5583E3

triadic

#55CAE3 #E355CA #CAE355

tetradic

#55CAE3 #B555E3 #E36E55 #83E355

square

#55CAE3 #B555E3 #E36E55 #83E355

split-complementary

#55CAE3 #E35583 #E3B555

monochromatic

#1B8BA3 #23B8D7 #55CAE3 #8ADAEC #BEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#55CAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAE3

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAE3	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.110 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daeb',
    500: '#55cae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cae3;
$custom-light: #93daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.563,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78219,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAE3

secondary

#E5B9AF

accent

#3412D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAE3

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

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