#55BAE5#55BAE5

#55BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE5
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -16.63, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 34.50, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0735 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.112 229)
XYZ	xyz(35.4425, 42.7026, 80.4881)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE5 #E58055

analogous

#55E5C8 #55BAE5 #5572E5

triadic

#55BAE5 #E555BA #BAE555

tetradic

#55BAE5 #C855E5 #E58055 #72E555

square

#55BAE5 #C855E5 #E58055 #72E555

split-complementary

#55BAE5 #E55572 #E5C855

monochromatic

#197CA6 #22A4DB #55BAE5 #8AD0ED #BFE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#55BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceed',
    500: '#55bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae5;
$custom-light: #92ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.42706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE5

secondary

#E6C0B0

accent

#4B10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE5

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

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