#55C7E8#55C7E8

#55C7E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.112 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7E8
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -22.43, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 34.29, 229.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0857 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.112 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7293, 48.6003, 83.6680)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7E8 #E87655

analogous

#55E8BF #55C7E8 #557EE8

triadic

#55C7E8 #E855C7 #C7E855

tetradic

#55C7E8 #BF55E8 #E87655 #7EE855

square

#55C7E8 #BF55E8 #E87655 #7EE855

split-complementary

#55C7E8 #E8557E #E8BF55

monochromatic

#178AAB #1FB5E1 #55C7E8 #8BD9EF #C1EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#55C7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7E8

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7E8	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.112 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8ef',
    500: '#55c7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7e8;
$custom-light: #94d8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77721,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7E8

secondary

#E7BEB1

accent

#3B0DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7E8

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

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