#55BBEA#55BBEA

#55BBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBEA
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -15.61, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 35.79, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0728 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.116 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3621, 43.4087, 84.2883)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBEA #EA8455

analogous

#55EACE #55BBEA #5571EA

triadic

#55BBEA #EA55BB #BBEA55

tetradic

#55BBEA #CE55EA #EA8455 #71EA55

square

#55BBEA #CE55EA #EA8455 #71EA55

split-complementary

#55BBEA #EA5571 #EACE55

monochromatic

#167FAF #1FA5E3 #55BBEA #8BD1F1 #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#55BBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBEA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBEA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cff1',
    500: '#55bbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbea;
$custom-light: #93cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.926,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75053,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBEA

secondary

#E8C3B2

accent

#4D0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBEA

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

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