#55D0EA#55D0EA

#55D0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0EA
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 234)
HSL	hsl(190, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -26.34, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 34.94, 221.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0941 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.114 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1473, 52.9791, 85.8834)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0EA #EA6F55

analogous

#55EABA #55D0EA #5585EA

triadic

#55D0EA #EA55D0 #D0EA55

tetradic

#55D0EA #BA55EA #EA6F55 #85EA55

square

#55D0EA #BA55EA #EA6F55 #85EA55

split-complementary

#55D0EA #EA5585 #EABA55

monochromatic

#1694AF #1FC1E3 #55D0EA #8BDFF1 #C2EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#55D0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0EA

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0EA	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def0',
    500: '#55d0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0ea;
$custom-light: #94def0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79879,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0EA

secondary

#B04934

accent

#2F0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0EA

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

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