#55D1EC#55D1EC

#55D1EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.115 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1EC
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -26.24, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 35.22, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0943 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.115 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6808, 53.5839, 87.4867)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1EC #EC7055

analogous

#55ECBB #55D1EC #5586EC

triadic

#55D1EC #EC55D1 #D1EC55

tetradic

#55D1EC #BB55EC #EC7055 #86EC55

square

#55D1EC #BB55EC #EC7055 #86EC55

split-complementary

#55D1EC #EC5586 #ECBB55

monochromatic

#1496B3 #1EC2E6 #55D1EC #8CE0F2 #C3EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#55D1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1EC

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1EC	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.115 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dff2',
    500: '#55d1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1ec;
$custom-light: #95dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.728,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80188,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1EC

secondary

#B34933

accent

#2F09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1EC

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

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