#55CCED#55CCED

#55CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.115 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCED
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -23.45, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 35.14, 228.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0889 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.115 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6190, 51.2271, 87.8515)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCED #ED7655

analogous

#55EDC2 #55CCED #5580ED

triadic

#55CCED #ED55CC #CCED55

tetradic

#55CCED #C255ED #ED7655 #80ED55

square

#55CCED #C255ED #ED7655 #80ED55

split-complementary

#55CCED #ED5580 #EDC255

monochromatic

#1391B4 #1EBBE7 #55CCED #8CDDF3 #C4EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#55CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCED

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCED	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.115 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf3',
    500: '#55cced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cced;
$custom-light: #94dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79074,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCED

secondary

#B44E32

accent

#3708DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCED

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

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