#55CEEC#55CEEC

#55CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.114 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEEC
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -24.75, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 35.04, 225.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0913 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.114 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9517, 52.1257, 87.2437)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEEC #EC7355

analogous

#55ECBF #55CEEC #5582EC

triadic

#55CEEC #EC55CE #CEEC55

tetradic

#55CEEC #BF55EC #EC7355 #82EC55

square

#55CEEC #BF55EC #EC7355 #82EC55

split-complementary

#55CEEC #EC5582 #ECBF55

monochromatic

#1493B3 #1EBEE6 #55CEEC #8CDEF2 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#55CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEEC

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEEC	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.114 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf2',
    500: '#55ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceec;
$custom-light: #94ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.921,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79495,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEEC

secondary

#B34C33

accent

#3309DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEEC

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

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