#55CEED#55CEED

#55CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.115 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEED
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -24.46, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 35.18, 225.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0909 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.115 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0974, 52.1839, 88.0110)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEED #ED7455

analogous

#55EDC0 #55CEED #5582ED

triadic

#55CEED #ED55CE #CEED55

tetradic

#55CEED #C055ED #ED7455 #82ED55

square

#55CEED #C055ED #ED7455 #82ED55

split-complementary

#55CEED #ED5582 #EDC055

monochromatic

#1394B4 #1EBEE7 #55CEED #8CDEF3 #C4EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#55CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEED

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEED	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.115 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf3',
    500: '#55ceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceed;
$custom-light: #95ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.237,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79535,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEED

secondary

#B44D32

accent

#3408DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEED

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

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