#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
RGBrgb(85, 210, 235)
HSLhsl(190, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(190, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.47, -27.03, -22.57)
CIE-LCHlch(78.47, 35.21, 219.86°)
OKLaboklab(80.38% -0.0957 -0.0627)
OKLCHoklch(80.38% 0.114 213.2)
XYZxyz(41.7821, 54.0181, 86.8057)
Luminance0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##55D2EB1.001.7811.8011.80
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8021.001.001.00
##00000011.8021.001.001.00

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

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#55D2EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva