#55BAF0#55BAF0

#55BAF0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAF0
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 240)
HSL	hsl(201, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -13.20, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 37.91, 249.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0697 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.122 235)
XYZ	xyz(37.0273, 43.3365, 88.8346)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAF0 #F08B55

analogous

#55F0D8 #55BAF0 #556CF0

triadic

#55BAF0 #F055BA #BAF055

tetradic

#55BAF0 #D855F0 #F08B55 #6CF055

square

#55BAF0 #D855F0 #F08B55 #6CF055

split-complementary

#55BAF0 #F0556C #F0D855

monochromatic

#107FBA #1DA3EB #55BAF0 #8DD1F5 #C5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#55BAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAF0

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAF0	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B9F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55baf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cef5',
    500: '#55baf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55baf0;
$custom-light: #94cef5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55baf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.903,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.4334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAF0

secondary

#ECC8B5

accent

#5205E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAF0

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

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