#55C7EC#55C7EC

#55C7EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.115 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7EC
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -21.22, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 35.04, 232.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0842 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.115 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3040, 48.8301, 86.6944)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7EC #EC7A55

analogous

#55ECC5 #55C7EC #557BEC

triadic

#55C7EC #EC55C7 #C7EC55

tetradic

#55C7EC #C555EC #EC7A55 #7BEC55

square

#55C7EC #C555EC #EC7A55 #7BEC55

split-complementary

#55C7EC #EC557B #ECC555

monochromatic

#148CB3 #1EB5E6 #55C7EC #8CD9F2 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#55C7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7EC

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7EC	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.115 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f2',
    500: '#55c7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7ec;
$custom-light: #94d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77884,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7EC

secondary

#EAC1B3

accent

#3D09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7EC

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

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