#55B7E7#55B7E7

#55B7E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7E7
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -14.43, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 35.58, 246.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0697 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.115 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0980, 41.5642, 81.7588)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7E7 #E78555

analogous

#55E7CE #55B7E7 #556EE7

triadic

#55B7E7 #E755B7 #B7E755

tetradic

#55B7E7 #CE55E7 #E78555 #6EE755

square

#55B7E7 #CE55E7 #E78555 #6EE755

split-complementary

#55B7E7 #E7556E #E7CE55

monochromatic

#187AAA #20A0DF #55B7E7 #8BCEEF #C0E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55B7E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#55B7E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7E7

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7E7	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccee',
    500: '#55b7e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7e7;
$custom-light: #92ccee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.726,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7E7

secondary

#E7C3B1

accent

#500ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7E7

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

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