#55BAE8#55BAE8

#55BAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.114 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAE8
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -15.71, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 35.36, 243.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0724 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.114 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8650, 42.8716, 82.7132)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAE8 #E88355

analogous

#55E8CD #55BAE8 #5570E8

triadic

#55BAE8 #E855BA #BAE855

tetradic

#55BAE8 #CD55E8 #E88355 #70E855

square

#55BAE8 #CD55E8 #E88355 #70E855

split-complementary

#55BAE8 #E85570 #E8CD55

monochromatic

#177DAB #1FA4E1 #55BAE8 #8BD0EF #C1E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#55BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE8

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAE8	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.114 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceef',
    500: '#55bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bae8;
$custom-light: #93ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAE8

secondary

#E7C2B1

accent

#4D0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAE8

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

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