#55B7EA#55B7EA

#55B7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7EA
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -13.49, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 36.55, 248.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0687 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.117 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5253, 41.7351, 84.0094)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7EA #EA8855

analogous

#55EAD2 #55B7EA #556DEA

triadic

#55B7EA #EA55B7 #B7EA55

tetradic

#55B7EA #D255EA #EA8855 #6DEA55

square

#55B7EA #D255EA #EA8855 #6DEA55

split-complementary

#55B7EA #EA556D #EAD255

monochromatic

#167AAF #1FA0E3 #55B7EA #8BCEF1 #C2E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55B7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#55B7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7EA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7EA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ccf1',
    500: '#55b7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7ea;
$custom-light: #93ccf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7EA

secondary

#E8C5B2

accent

#520BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7EA

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

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