#55CCEF#55CCEF

#55CCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.116 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCEF
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -22.85, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 35.47, 229.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0882 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.116 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9128, 51.3446, 89.3990)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCEF #EF7855

analogous

#55EFC5 #55CCEF #557FEF

triadic

#55CCEF #EF55CC #CCEF55

tetradic

#55CCEF #C555EF #EF7855 #7FEF55

square

#55CCEF #C555EF #EF7855 #7FEF55

split-complementary

#55CCEF #EF557F #EFC555

monochromatic

#1192B8 #1DBBEA #55CCEF #8DDDF4 #C5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#55CCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCEF

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCEF	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.116 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf4',
    500: '#55ccef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccef;
$custom-light: #95dbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCEF

secondary

#B74F31

accent

#3806DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCEF

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

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