#55D0EB#55D0EB

#55D0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0EB
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -26.04, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 35.04, 221.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0937 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.114 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2914, 53.0368, 86.6422)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0EB #EB7055

analogous

#55EBBB #55D0EB #5585EB

triadic

#55D0EB #EB55D0 #D0EB55

tetradic

#55D0EB #BB55EB #EB7055 #85EB55

square

#55D0EB #BB55EB #EB7055 #85EB55

split-complementary

#55D0EB #EB5585 #EBBB55

monochromatic

#1595B1 #1EC1E5 #55D0EB #8CDFF1 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#55D0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0EB

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0EB	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def1',
    500: '#55d0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0eb;
$custom-light: #94def1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79918,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0EB

secondary

#B14A33

accent

#300ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0EB

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

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