#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
RGBrgb(85, 187, 234)
HSLhsl(199, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(199, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.83, -15.61, -32.21)
CIE-LCHlch(71.83, 35.79, 244.14°)
OKLaboklab(75.05% -0.0728 -0.0901)
OKLCHoklch(75.05% 0.116 231.1)
XYZxyz(36.3621, 43.4087, 84.2883)
Luminance0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##55BBEA1.002.179.689.68
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6821.001.001.00
##0000009.6821.001.001.00

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

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#55BBEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva