#55BAE4#55BAE4

#55BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE4
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -16.94, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 34.23, 240.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0739 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.111 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3033, 42.6469, 79.7549)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE4 #E47F55

analogous

#55E4C6 #55BAE4 #5573E4

triadic

#55BAE4 #E455BA #BAE455

tetradic

#55BAE4 #C655E4 #E47F55 #73E455

square

#55BAE4 #C655E4 #E47F55 #73E455

split-complementary

#55BAE4 #E45573 #E4C655

monochromatic

#1A7CA4 #23A4D9 #55BAE4 #8ACFEC #BFE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#55BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE4

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE4	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceec',
    500: '#55bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae4;
$custom-light: #92ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74564,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE4

secondary

#E5BFB0

accent

#4A11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE4

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

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