#55CCEB#55CCEB

#55CCEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.114 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCEB
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -24.05, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 34.83, 226.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0896 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.114 218)
XYZ	xyz(40.3285, 51.1109, 86.3212)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCEB #EB7455

analogous

#55EBBF #55CCEB #5581EB

triadic

#55CCEB #EB55CC #CCEB55

tetradic

#55CCEB #BF55EB #EB7455 #81EB55

square

#55CCEB #BF55EB #EB7455 #81EB55

split-complementary

#55CCEB #EB5581 #EBBF55

monochromatic

#1591B1 #1EBCE5 #55CCEB #8CDCF1 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#55CCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCEB

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCEB	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.114 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf1',
    500: '#55cceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cceb;
$custom-light: #94dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.4,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78994,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.51115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCEB

secondary

#B14D33

accent

#350ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCEB

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

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