#55BAEE#55BAEE

#55BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAEE
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -13.83, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 37.24, 248.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0704 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.12 234)
XYZ	xyz(36.7318, 43.2183, 87.2785)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAEE #EE8955

analogous

#55EED5 #55BAEE #556DEE

triadic

#55BAEE #EE55BA #BAEE55

tetradic

#55BAEE #D555EE #EE8955 #6DEE55

square

#55BAEE #D555EE #EE8955 #6DEE55

split-complementary

#55BAEE #EE556D #EED555

monochromatic

#127FB6 #1DA3E8 #55BAEE #8DD1F4 #C4E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#55BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAEE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAEE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cef3',
    500: '#55baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55baee;
$custom-light: #93cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.392,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75002,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAEE

secondary

#EBC7B4

accent

#5007DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAEE

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

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