#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
RGBrgb(85, 199, 225)
HSLhsl(191, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(191, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.96, -24.51, -22.54)
CIE-LCHlch(74.96, 33.30, 222.60°)
OKLaboklab(77.44% -0.0884 -0.0626)
OKLCHoklch(77.44% 0.108 215.3)
XYZxyz(37.7548, 48.2104, 78.5354)
Luminance0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##55C7E11.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

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

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#55C7E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva