#55CCEC#55CCEC

#55CCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.114 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCEC
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -23.75, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 34.98, 227.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0893 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.114 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4733, 51.1688, 87.0842)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCEC #EC7555

analogous

#55ECC0 #55CCEC #5581EC

triadic

#55CCEC #EC55CC #CCEC55

tetradic

#55CCEC #C055EC #EC7555 #81EC55

square

#55CCEC #C055EC #EC7555 #81EC55

split-complementary

#55CCEC #EC5581 #ECC055

monochromatic

#1491B3 #1EBBE6 #55CCEC #8CDDF2 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#55CCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCEC

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCEC	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.114 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf2',
    500: '#55ccec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccec;
$custom-light: #94dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79034,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCEC

secondary

#B34E33

accent

#3609DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCEC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →