#55BBED#55BBED

#55BBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBED
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -14.68, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 36.71, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0717 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.118 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7967, 43.5825, 86.5774)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBED #ED8755

analogous

#55EDD3 #55BBED #556FED

triadic

#55BBED #ED55BB #BBED55

tetradic

#55BBED #D355ED #ED8755 #6FED55

square

#55BBED #D355ED #ED8755 #6FED55

split-complementary

#55BBED #ED556F #EDD355

monochromatic

#137FB4 #1EA5E7 #55BBED #8CD1F3 #C4E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#55BBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBED

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBED	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cff3',
    500: '#55bbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbed;
$custom-light: #93cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.737,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75184,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBED

secondary

#EAC6B4

accent

#4E08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBED

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

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