#55CEEA#55CEEA

#55CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.113 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEEA
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -25.35, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 34.79, 223.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0921 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.113 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6628, 52.0101, 85.7219)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEEA #EA7155

analogous

#55EABB #55CEEA #5584EA

triadic

#55CEEA #EA55CE #CEEA55

tetradic

#55CEEA #BB55EA #EA7155 #84EA55

square

#55CEEA #BB55EA #EA7155 #84EA55

split-complementary

#55CEEA #EA5584 #EABB55

monochromatic

#1692AF #1FBEE3 #55CEEA #8BDEF1 #C2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#55CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEEA

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEEA	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.113 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf0',
    500: '#55ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceea;
$custom-light: #94ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEEA

secondary

#B04B34

accent

#320BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEEA

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

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