#55CAE7#55CAE7

#55CAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.112 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAE7
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 231)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -24.24, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 34.21, 224.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0891 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.112 217)
XYZ	xyz(39.2848, 49.9377, 83.1544)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAE7 #E77255

analogous

#55E7BB #55CAE7 #5581E7

triadic

#55CAE7 #E755CA #CAE755

tetradic

#55CAE7 #BB55E7 #E77255 #81E755

square

#55CAE7 #BB55E7 #E77255 #81E755

split-complementary

#55CAE7 #E75581 #E7BB55

monochromatic

#188DAA #20B9DF #55CAE7 #8BDBEF #C0EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#55CAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAE7

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAE7	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.112 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daee',
    500: '#55cae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cae7;
$custom-light: #94daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78375,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.49942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAE7

secondary

#E7BCB1

accent

#360ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAE7

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

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