#55C7EA#55C7EA

#55C7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7EA
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -21.83, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 34.65, 230.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.085 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.113 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0150, 48.7145, 85.1727)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7EA #EA7855

analogous

#55EAC2 #55C7EA #557DEA

triadic

#55C7EA #EA55C7 #C7EA55

tetradic

#55C7EA #C255EA #EA7855 #7DEA55

square

#55C7EA #C255EA #EA7855 #7DEA55

split-complementary

#55C7EA #EA557D #EAC255

monochromatic

#168BAF #1FB5E3 #55C7EA #8BD9F1 #C2EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#55C7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7EA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7EA	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f0',
    500: '#55c7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7ea;
$custom-light: #94d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77802,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7EA

secondary

#E8BFB2

accent

#3C0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7EA

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

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