#55B7CE#55B7CE

#55B7CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.097 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7CE
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -22.01, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 29.92, 222.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.079 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.097 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8159, 40.2514, 64.4731)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7CE #CE6C55

analogous

#55CEA9 #55B7CE #557BCE

triadic

#55B7CE #CE55B7 #B7CE55

tetradic

#55B7CE #A955CE #CE6C55 #7BCE55

square

#55B7CE #A955CE #CE6C55 #7BCE55

split-complementary

#55B7CE #CE557B #CEA955

monochromatic

#267183 #339AB2 #55B7CE #85CBDC #B4DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55B7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#55B7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7CE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7CE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.097 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccdd',
    500: '#55b7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7ce;
$custom-light: #90ccdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.405,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7CE

secondary

#D8B0A7

accent

#6649DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7CE

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

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