#55CEEF#55CEEF

#55CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.116 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEEF
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -23.86, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 35.47, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0901 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.116 219)
XYZ	xyz(41.3912, 52.3015, 89.5584)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEEF #EF7655

analogous

#55EFC3 #55CEEF #5581EF

triadic

#55CEEF #EF55CE #CEEF55

tetradic

#55CEEF #C355EF #EF7655 #81EF55

square

#55CEEF #C355EF #EF7655 #81EF55

split-complementary

#55CEEF #EF5581 #EFC355

monochromatic

#1194B8 #1DBEEA #55CEEF #8DDEF4 #C5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#55CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#55CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEEF

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEEF	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.116 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf4',
    500: '#55ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceef;
$custom-light: #95ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79614,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.52306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEEF

secondary

#B74E31

accent

#3506DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEEF

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

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