#55C7EB#55C7EB

#55C7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55C7EB
RGBrgb(85, 199, 235)
HSLhsl(194, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(194, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.31, -21.52, -27.39)
CIE-LCHlch(75.31, 34.84, 231.84°)
OKLaboklab(77.84% -0.0846 -0.0764)
OKLCHoklch(77.84% 0.114 222.1)
XYZxyz(39.1591, 48.7722, 85.9314)
Luminance0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55C7EB #EB7955
analogous
#55EBC4 #55C7EB #557CEB
triadic
#55C7EB #EB55C7 #C7EB55
tetradic
#55C7EB #C455EB #EB7955 #7CEB55
square
#55C7EB #C455EB #EB7955 #7CEB55
split-complementary
#55C7EB #EB557C #EBC455
monochromatic
#158BB1 #1EB5E5 #55C7EB #8CD9F1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#55C7EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76
#55C7EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7EB
10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55C7EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55C7EB1.001.9510.7610.76
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7621.001.001.00
##00000010.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2C2ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DB3EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55c7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 222.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f1',
    500: '#55c7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55c7eb;
$custom-light: #94d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55c7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55C7EB
secondary
#E9C0B3
accent
#3C0ADB
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

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#55C7EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva