#55CAEB#55CAEB

#55CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.114 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAEB
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -23.05, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 34.80, 228.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0876 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.114 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8561, 50.1663, 86.1637)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAEB #EB7655

analogous

#55EBC1 #55CAEB #557FEB

triadic

#55CAEB #EB55CA #CAEB55

tetradic

#55CAEB #C155EB #EB7655 #7FEB55

square

#55CAEB #C155EB #EB7655 #7FEB55

split-complementary

#55CAEB #EB557F #EBC155

monochromatic

#158EB1 #1EB9E5 #55CAEB #8CDBF1 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#55CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAEB

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAEB	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.114 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf1',
    500: '#55caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caeb;
$custom-light: #94daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78533,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAEB

secondary

#B14F33

accent

#380ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1416

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAEB

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

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