#55D2EB#55D2EB

#55D2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.114 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D2EB
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -27.03, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 35.21, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0957 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.114 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7821, 54.0181, 86.8057)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D2EB #EB6E55

analogous

#55EBB9 #55D2EB #5587EB

triadic

#55D2EB #EB55D2 #D2EB55

tetradic

#55D2EB #B955EB #EB6E55 #87EB55

square

#55D2EB #B955EB #EB6E55 #87EB55

split-complementary

#55D2EB #EB5587 #EBB955

monochromatic

#1597B1 #1EC4E5 #55D2EB #8CE0F1 #C3EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#55D2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2EB

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D2EB	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.114 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f1',
    500: '#55d2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d2eb;
$custom-light: #95e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80381,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D2EB

secondary

#B14833

accent

#2D0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2EB

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

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