#55BBE7#55BBE7

#55BBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBE7
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -16.54, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 34.92, 241.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0738 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.113 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9348, 43.2378, 82.0377)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBE7 #E78155

analogous

#55E7CA #55BBE7 #5572E7

triadic

#55BBE7 #E755BB #BBE755

tetradic

#55BBE7 #CA55E7 #E78155 #72E755

square

#55BBE7 #CA55E7 #E78155 #72E755

split-complementary

#55BBE7 #E75572 #E7CA55

monochromatic

#187EAA #20A5DF #55BBE7 #8BD0EF #C0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#55BBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBE7

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBE7	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfee',
    500: '#55bbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbe7;
$custom-light: #93cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74922,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBE7

secondary

#E7C1B1

accent

#4B0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBE7

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

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