#55BAE1#55BAE1

#55BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.109 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE1
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -17.86, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 33.45, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0749 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.109 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8905, 42.4818, 77.5806)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE1 #E17C55

analogous

#55E1C2 #55BAE1 #5574E1

triadic

#55BAE1 #E155BA #BAE155

tetradic

#55BAE1 #C255E1 #E17C55 #74E155

square

#55BAE1 #C255E1 #E17C55 #74E155

split-complementary

#55BAE1 #E15574 #E1C255

monochromatic

#1C7B9F #25A3D3 #55BAE1 #89CFEA #BDE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#55BAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE1

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE1	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.109 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceea',
    500: '#55bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae1;
$custom-light: #92ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74437,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE1

secondary

#E3BDAE

accent

#4914D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE1

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

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