#55BADE#55BADE

#55BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BADE
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -18.78, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 32.74, 235.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.076 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.107 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4848, 42.3195, 75.4442)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BADE #DE7955

analogous

#55DEBD #55BADE #5576DE

triadic

#55BADE #DE55BA #BADE55

tetradic

#55BADE #BD55DE #DE7955 #76DE55

square

#55BADE #BD55DE #DE7955 #76DE55

split-complementary

#55BADE #DE5576 #DEBD55

monochromatic

#1E7A9B #28A2CE #55BADE #88CFE8 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#55BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BADE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BADE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee8',
    500: '#55bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bade;
$custom-light: #92cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BADE

secondary

#E2BBAD

accent

#4716CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BADE

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

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