#55BAE6#55BAE6

#55BAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE6
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -16.32, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 34.78, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0732 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.113 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5825, 42.7586, 81.2256)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE6 #E68155

analogous

#55E6CA #55BAE6 #5572E6

triadic

#55BAE6 #E655BA #BAE655

tetradic

#55BAE6 #CA55E6 #E68155 #72E655

square

#55BAE6 #CA55E6 #E68155 #72E655

split-complementary

#55BAE6 #E65572 #E6CA55

monochromatic

#197CA8 #21A4DD #55BAE6 #8AD0EE #C0E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#55BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE6

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE6	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceee',
    500: '#55bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae6;
$custom-light: #93ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE6

secondary

#E6C1B1

accent

#4C0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE6

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

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