#55BBE8#55BBE8

#55BBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBE8
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -16.23, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 35.20, 242.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0735 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.114 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0764, 43.2944, 82.7837)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBE8 #E88255

analogous

#55E8CB #55BBE8 #5572E8

triadic

#55BBE8 #E855BB #BBE855

tetradic

#55BBE8 #CB55E8 #E88255 #72E855

square

#55BBE8 #CB55E8 #E88255 #72E855

split-complementary

#55BBE8 #E85572 #E8CB55

monochromatic

#177EAB #1FA5E1 #55BBE8 #8BD1EF #C1E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#55BBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBE8

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBE8	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfef',
    500: '#55bbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbe8;
$custom-light: #93cfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBE8

secondary

#E7C2B1

accent

#4B0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBE8

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

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