#55CAEF#55CAEF

#55CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAEF
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -21.84, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 35.52, 232.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0861 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.116 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4405, 50.4000, 89.2415)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAEF #EF7A55

analogous

#55EFC7 #55CAEF #557DEF

triadic

#55CAEF #EF55CA #CAEF55

tetradic

#55CAEF #C755EF #EF7A55 #7DEF55

square

#55CAEF #C755EF #EF7A55 #7DEF55

split-complementary

#55CAEF #EF557D #EFC755

monochromatic

#1190B8 #1DB9EA #55CAEF #8DDBF4 #C5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#55CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAEF

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAEF	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf4',
    500: '#55caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caef;
$custom-light: #94daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78695,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAEF

secondary

#B75131

accent

#3A06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAEF

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

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