#55BAE9#55BAE9

#55BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55BAE9
RGBrgb(85, 186, 233)
HSLhsl(199, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(199, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.51, -15.39, -32.17)
CIE-LCHlch(71.51, 35.66, 244.42°)
OKLaboklab(74.78% -0.0721 -0.09)
OKLCHoklch(74.78% 0.115 231.3)
XYZxyz(36.0074, 42.9286, 83.4634)
Luminance0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55BAE9 #E98455
analogous
#55E9CE #55BAE9 #5570E9
triadic
#55BAE9 #E955BA #BAE955
tetradic
#55BAE9 #CE55E9 #E98455 #70E955
square
#55BAE9 #CE55E9 #E98455 #70E955
split-complementary
#55BAE9 #E95570 #E9CE55
monochromatic
#167DAD #1FA4E2 #55BAE9 #8BD0F0 #C1E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19
#55BAE9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59
#55BAE9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAE9
9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55BAE9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55BAE91.002.199.599.59
#FFFFFF2.191.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5921.001.001.00
##0000009.5921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B8EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA9E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 231.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cef0',
    500: '#55bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55bae9;
$custom-light: #93cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55BAE9
secondary
#E8C3B2
accent
#4D0CD9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#55BAE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva