#55C7EE#55C7EE

#55C7EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7EE
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -20.62, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 35.45, 234.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0835 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.116 224)
XYZ	xyz(39.5962, 48.9470, 88.2333)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7EE #EE7C55

analogous

#55EEC8 #55C7EE #557AEE

triadic

#55C7EE #EE55C7 #C7EE55

tetradic

#55C7EE #C855EE #EE7C55 #7AEE55

square

#55C7EE #C855EE #EE7C55 #7AEE55

split-complementary

#55C7EE #EE557A #EEC855

monochromatic

#128DB6 #1DB5E8 #55C7EE #8DD9F4 #C4ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#55C7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7EE

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7EE	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f3',
    500: '#55c7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7ee;
$custom-light: #94d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.48951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7EE

secondary

#EBC2B4

accent

#3E07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7EE

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

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