#55C5E7#55C5E7

#55C5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5E7
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -21.71, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 34.13, 230.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.084 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.112 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1306, 47.6293, 82.7697)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5E7 #E77755

analogous

#55E7C0 #55C5E7 #557CE7

triadic

#55C5E7 #E755C5 #C5E755

tetradic

#55C5E7 #C055E7 #E77755 #7CE755

square

#55C5E7 #C055E7 #E77755 #7CE755

split-complementary

#55C5E7 #E7557C #E7C055

monochromatic

#1888AA #20B3DF #55C5E7 #8BD7EF #C0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#55C5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5E7

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5E7	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ee',
    500: '#55c5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5e7;
$custom-light: #93d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7722,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5E7

secondary

#E7BEB1

accent

#3D0ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5E7

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

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