#55D4EE#55D4EE

#55D4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4EE
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -27.13, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 35.66, 220.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0965 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.116 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7160, 55.1867, 89.2732)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4EE #EE6F55

analogous

#55EEBB #55D4EE #5587EE

triadic

#55D4EE #EE55D4 #D4EE55

tetradic

#55D4EE #BB55EE #EE6F55 #87EE55

square

#55D4EE #BB55EE #EE6F55 #87EE55

split-complementary

#55D4EE #EE5587 #EEBB55

monochromatic

#129AB6 #1DC6E8 #55D4EE #8DE2F4 #C4F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#55D4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4EE

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4EE	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f3',
    500: '#55d4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4ee;
$custom-light: #95e1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80958,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4EE

secondary

#B64831

accent

#2C07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4EE

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

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