#55C7ED#55C7ED

#55C7ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.115 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7ED
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -20.92, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 35.24, 233.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0838 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.115 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4497, 48.8884, 87.4617)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7ED #ED7B55

analogous

#55EDC7 #55C7ED #557BED

triadic

#55C7ED #ED55C7 #C7ED55

tetradic

#55C7ED #C755ED #ED7B55 #7BED55

square

#55C7ED #C755ED #ED7B55 #7BED55

split-complementary

#55C7ED #ED557B #EDC755

monochromatic

#138CB4 #1EB5E7 #55C7ED #8CD9F3 #C4EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#55C7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7ED

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7ED	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.115 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f3',
    500: '#55c7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7ed;
$custom-light: #94d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77925,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7ED

secondary

#EAC1B4

accent

#3E08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7ED

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

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