#55BBE6#55BBE6

#55BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBE6
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -16.85, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 34.65, 240.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0742 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.113 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7939, 43.1814, 81.2960)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBE6 #E68055

analogous

#55E6C9 #55BBE6 #5573E6

triadic

#55BBE6 #E655BB #BBE655

tetradic

#55BBE6 #C955E6 #E68055 #73E655

square

#55BBE6 #C955E6 #E68055 #73E655

split-complementary

#55BBE6 #E65573 #E6C955

monochromatic

#197DA8 #21A5DD #55BBE6 #8AD0EE #C0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#55BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBE6

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBE6	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)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfee',
    500: '#55bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbe6;
$custom-light: #93cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74879,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBE6

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#4A0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBE6

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

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