#55C7EF#55C7EF

#55C7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7EF
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -20.31, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 35.67, 235.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0831 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.117 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7435, 49.0059, 89.0092)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7EF #EF7D55

analogous

#55EFCA #55C7EF #557AEF

triadic

#55C7EF #EF55C7 #C7EF55

tetradic

#55C7EF #CA55EF #EF7D55 #7AEF55

square

#55C7EF #CA55EF #EF7D55 #7AEF55

split-complementary

#55C7EF #EF557A #EFCA55

monochromatic

#118DB8 #1DB5EA #55C7EF #8DD9F4 #C5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#55C7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#55C7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7EF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7EF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f4',
    500: '#55c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7ef;
$custom-light: #94d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78008,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7EF

secondary

#EBC3B5

accent

#3F06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7EF

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

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