#55CEE7#55CEE7

#55CEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.112 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEE7
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 231)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -26.23, -22.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 34.48, 220.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0932 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.112 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2355, 51.8391, 83.4713)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEE7 #E76E55

analogous

#55E7B7 #55CEE7 #5585E7

triadic

#55CEE7 #E755CE #CEE755

tetradic

#55CEE7 #B755E7 #E76E55 #85E755

square

#55CEE7 #B755E7 #E76E55 #85E755

split-complementary

#55CEE7 #E75585 #E7B755

monochromatic

#1891AA #20BEDF #55CEE7 #8BDDEF #C0EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#55CEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEE7

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEE7	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.112 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddee',
    500: '#55cee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cee7;
$custom-light: #94ddee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.274,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79301,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEE7

secondary

#AB4935

accent

#310ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEE7

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

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