#55CAEA#55CAEA

#55CAEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.113 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55CAEA
RGBrgb(85, 202, 234)
HSLhsl(193, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(193, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.14, -23.34, -25.59)
CIE-LCHlch(76.14, 34.64, 227.63°)
OKLaboklab(78.49% -0.088 -0.0712)
OKLCHoklch(78.49% 0.113 219)
XYZxyz(39.7121, 50.1086, 85.4050)
Luminance0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55CAEA #EA7555
analogous
#55EAC0 #55CAEA #557FEA
triadic
#55CAEA #EA55CA #CAEA55
tetradic
#55CAEA #C055EA #EA7555 #7FEA55
square
#55CAEA #C055EA #EA7555 #7FEA55
split-complementary
#55CAEA #EA557F #EAC055
monochromatic
#168EAF #1FB9E3 #55CAEA #8BDBF1 #C2ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#55CAEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02
#55CAEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAEA
11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55CAEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55CAEA1.001.9111.0211.02
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0221.001.001.00
##00000011.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C5EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1B5EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55caea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.113 219.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf0',
    500: '#55caea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55caea;
$custom-light: #94daf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55caea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78493,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.50113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55CAEA
secondary
#B04E34
accent
#380BDA
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FBFE
border
#CFD4D6
text
#0E1416
muted
#7F8385

Preview Lab

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#55CAEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva