#55BCE4#55BCE4

#55BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCE4
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -17.99, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 34.01, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0759 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.111 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7276, 43.4955, 79.8963)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCE4 #E47D55

analogous

#55E4C5 #55BCE4 #5575E4

triadic

#55BCE4 #E455BC #BCE455

tetradic

#55BCE4 #C555E4 #E47D55 #75E455

square

#55BCE4 #C555E4 #E47D55 #75E455

split-complementary

#55BCE4 #E45575 #E4C555

monochromatic

#1A7EA4 #23A6D9 #55BCE4 #8AD1EC #BFE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#55BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCE4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCE4	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ec',
    500: '#55bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bce4;
$custom-light: #92d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCE4

secondary

#E5BFB0

accent

#4811D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCE4

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

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