#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
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -21.52, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 34.84, 231.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0846 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.114 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1591, 48.7722, 85.9314)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##55C7EB	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7EB

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

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