#55BAE3#55BAE3

#55BAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE3
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -17.25, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 33.96, 239.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0742 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.11 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1649, 42.5916, 79.0259)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE3 #E37E55

analogous

#55E3C5 #55BAE3 #5573E3

triadic

#55BAE3 #E355BA #BAE355

tetradic

#55BAE3 #C555E3 #E37E55 #73E355

square

#55BAE3 #C555E3 #E37E55 #73E355

split-complementary

#55BAE3 #E35573 #E3C555

monochromatic

#1B7CA3 #23A3D7 #55BAE3 #8ACFEC #BEE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#55BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE3	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceec',
    500: '#55bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae3;
$custom-light: #92ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74522,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE3

secondary

#E5BFAF

accent

#4A12D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE3

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

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