#55C7E1#55C7E1

#55C7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7E1
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -24.51, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 33.30, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0884 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.108 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7548, 48.2104, 78.5354)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7E1 #E16F55

analogous

#55E1B5 #55C7E1 #5581E1

triadic

#55C7E1 #E155C7 #C7E155

tetradic

#55C7E1 #B555E1 #E16F55 #81E155

square

#55C7E1 #B555E1 #E16F55 #81E155

split-complementary

#55C7E1 #E15581 #E1B555

monochromatic

#1C879F #25B3D3 #55C7E1 #89D8EA #BDE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#55C7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7E1

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7E1	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8ea',
    500: '#55c7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7e1;
$custom-light: #93d8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7E1

secondary

#E3B8AE

accent

#3714D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7E1

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

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