#55BBEE#55BBEE

#55BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBEE
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -14.36, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 37.03, 247.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0714 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.119 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9432, 43.6411, 87.3490)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBEE #EE8855

analogous

#55EED4 #55BBEE #556EEE

triadic

#55BBEE #EE55BB #BBEE55

tetradic

#55BBEE #D455EE #EE8855 #6EEE55

square

#55BBEE #D455EE #EE8855 #6EEE55

split-complementary

#55BBEE #EE556E #EED455

monochromatic

#1280B6 #1DA5E8 #55BBEE #8DD1F4 #C4E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#55BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBEE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBEE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cff3',
    500: '#55bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbee;
$custom-light: #94cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBEE

secondary

#EBC6B4

accent

#4F07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBEE

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

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