#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
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -15.39, -32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 35.66, 244.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0721 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.115 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0074, 42.9286, 83.4634)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##55BAE9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55BAE9

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

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