#55CCE4#55CCE4

#55CCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCE4
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -26.12, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 34.02, 219.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0923 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.11 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3370, 50.7143, 81.0995)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCE4 #E46D55

analogous

#55E4B5 #55CCE4 #5585E4

triadic

#55CCE4 #E455CC #CCE455

tetradic

#55CCE4 #B555E4 #E46D55 #85E455

square

#55CCE4 #B555E4 #E46D55 #85E455

split-complementary

#55CCE4 #E45585 #E4B555

monochromatic

#1A8DA4 #23BBD9 #55CCE4 #8ADCEC #BFECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#55CCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCE4

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCE4	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbec',
    500: '#55cce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cce4;
$custom-light: #93dbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78722,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCE4

secondary

#A74936

accent

#3211D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCE4

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

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