#55C7E4#55C7E4

#55C7E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.110 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7E4
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -23.62, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 33.68, 225.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0872 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.11 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1676, 48.3756, 80.7097)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7E4 #E47255

analogous

#55E4BA #55C7E4 #5580E4

triadic

#55C7E4 #E455C7 #C7E455

tetradic

#55C7E4 #BA55E4 #E47255 #80E455

square

#55C7E4 #BA55E4 #E47255 #80E455

split-complementary

#55C7E4 #E45580 #E4BA55

monochromatic

#1A88A4 #23B4D9 #55C7E4 #8AD8EC #BFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#55C7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7E4

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7E4	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.110 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8ec',
    500: '#55c7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7e4;
$custom-light: #93d8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.168,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77562,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7E4

secondary

#E5BBB0

accent

#3911D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7E4

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

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