#55C0E7#55C0E7

#55C0E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0E7
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -19.15, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 34.37, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0789 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.112 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0140, 45.3962, 82.3975)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0E7 #E77C55

analogous

#55E7C5 #55C0E7 #5577E7

triadic

#55C0E7 #E755C0 #C0E755

tetradic

#55C0E7 #C555E7 #E77C55 #77E755

square

#55C0E7 #C555E7 #E77C55 #77E755

split-complementary

#55C0E7 #E75577 #E7C555

monochromatic

#1883AA #20ACDF #55C0E7 #8BD4EF #C0E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C0E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#55C0E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0E7

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0E7	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3ee',
    500: '#55c0e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0e7;
$custom-light: #93d3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0E7

secondary

#E7BFB1

accent

#440ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0E7

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

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