#55BCE7#55BCE7

#55BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCE7
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -17.07, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 34.79, 240.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0748 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.113 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1477, 43.6635, 82.1087)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCE7 #E78055

analogous

#55E7C9 #55BCE7 #5573E7

triadic

#55BCE7 #E755BC #BCE755

tetradic

#55BCE7 #C955E7 #E78055 #73E755

square

#55BCE7 #C955E7 #E78055 #73E755

split-complementary

#55BCE7 #E75573 #E7C955

monochromatic

#187FAA #20A7DF #55BCE7 #8BD1EF #C0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#55BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCE7

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCE7	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)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0ee',
    500: '#55bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bce7;
$custom-light: #93d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCE7

secondary

#E7C1B1

accent

#490ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCE7

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

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