#55CBE7#55CBE7

#55CBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.112 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBE7
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 231)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -24.74, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 34.26, 223.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0902 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.112 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5201, 50.4085, 83.2329)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBE7 #E77155

analogous

#55E7BA #55CBE7 #5582E7

triadic

#55CBE7 #E755CB #CBE755

tetradic

#55CBE7 #BA55E7 #E77155 #82E755

square

#55CBE7 #BA55E7 #E77155 #82E755

split-complementary

#55CBE7 #E75582 #E7BA55

monochromatic

#188EAA #20BBDF #55CBE7 #8BDBEF #C0ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#55CBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBE7

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBE7	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.112 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbee',
    500: '#55cbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbe7;
$custom-light: #94dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78606,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBE7

secondary

#AB4C35

accent

#350ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBE7

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

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