#55CAE4#55CAE4

#55CAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAE4
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -25.12, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 33.85, 222.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0903 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.11 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8647, 49.7697, 80.9420)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAE4 #E46F55

analogous

#55E4B7 #55CAE4 #5583E4

triadic

#55CAE4 #E455CA #CAE455

tetradic

#55CAE4 #B755E4 #E46F55 #83E455

square

#55CAE4 #B755E4 #E46F55 #83E455

split-complementary

#55CAE4 #E45583 #E4B755

monochromatic

#1A8BA4 #23B8D9 #55CAE4 #8ADAEC #BFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#55CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAE4

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAE4	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daec',
    500: '#55cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cae4;
$custom-light: #93daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78257,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAE4

secondary

#E5B9B0

accent

#3411D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAE4

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

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