#55BCE6#55BCE6

#55BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCE6
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -17.37, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 34.52, 239.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0752 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.112 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0068, 43.6072, 81.3670)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCE6 #E67F55

analogous

#55E6C7 #55BCE6 #5574E6

triadic

#55BCE6 #E655BC #BCE655

tetradic

#55BCE6 #C755E6 #E67F55 #74E655

square

#55BCE6 #C755E6 #E67F55 #74E655

split-complementary

#55BCE6 #E65574 #E6C755

monochromatic

#197EA8 #21A7DD #55BCE6 #8AD1EE #C0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#55BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCE6

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCE6	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)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0ee',
    500: '#55bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bce6;
$custom-light: #93d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCE6

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#490FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCE6

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

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