#55BCE3#55BCE3

#55BCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCE3
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -18.29, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 33.76, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0763 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.11 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5892, 43.4401, 79.1674)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCE3 #E37C55

analogous

#55E3C3 #55BCE3 #5575E3

triadic

#55BCE3 #E355BC #BCE355

tetradic

#55BCE3 #C355E3 #E37C55 #75E355

square

#55BCE3 #C355E3 #E37C55 #75E355

split-complementary

#55BCE3 #E35575 #E3C355

monochromatic

#1B7DA3 #23A6D7 #55BCE3 #8AD1EC #BEE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55BCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#55BCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCE3

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCE3	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ec',
    500: '#55bce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bce3;
$custom-light: #92d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74982,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCE3

secondary

#E5BEAF

accent

#4712D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCE3

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

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