#55CEE8#55CEE8

#55CEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.113 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEE8
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -25.94, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 34.58, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0928 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.113 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3771, 51.8958, 84.2172)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEE8 #E86F55

analogous

#55E8B8 #55CEE8 #5585E8

triadic

#55CEE8 #E855CE #CEE855

tetradic

#55CEE8 #B855E8 #E86F55 #85E855

square

#55CEE8 #B855E8 #E86F55 #85E855

split-complementary

#55CEE8 #E85585 #E8B855

monochromatic

#1791AB #1FBEE1 #55CEE8 #8BDEEF #C1EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#55CEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEE8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEE8	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.113 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddef',
    500: '#55cee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cee8;
$custom-light: #94ddef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEE8

secondary

#AD4A35

accent

#310DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEE8

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

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