#55BAE2#55BAE2

#55BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE2
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -17.56, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 33.70, 238.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0746 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.11 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0273, 42.5365, 78.3012)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE2 #E27D55

analogous

#55E2C3 #55BAE2 #5573E2

triadic

#55BAE2 #E255BA #BAE255

tetradic

#55BAE2 #C355E2 #E27D55 #73E255

square

#55BAE2 #C355E2 #E27D55 #73E255

split-complementary

#55BAE2 #E25573 #E2C355

monochromatic

#1B7BA1 #24A3D5 #55BAE2 #89CFEB #BEE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#55BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceeb',
    500: '#55bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae2;
$custom-light: #92ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE2

secondary

#E4BEAF

accent

#4913D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE2

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

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