#55BCE8#55BCE8

#55BCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55BCE8
RGBrgb(85, 188, 232)
HSLhsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(72.04, -16.76, -30.80)
CIE-LCHlch(72.04, 35.06, 241.45°)
OKLaboklab(75.19% -0.0745 -0.0861)
OKLCHoklch(75.19% 0.114 229.1)
XYZxyz(36.2893, 43.7202, 82.8546)
Luminance0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55BCE8 #E88155
analogous
#55E8CA #55BCE8 #5573E8
triadic
#55BCE8 #E855BC #BCE855
tetradic
#55BCE8 #CA55E8 #E88155 #73E855
square
#55BCE8 #CA55E8 #E88155 #73E855
split-complementary
#55BCE8 #E85573 #E8CA55
monochromatic
#177FAB #1FA7E1 #55BCE8 #8BD1EF #C1E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#55BCE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74
#55BCE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCE8
9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55BCE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55BCE81.002.159.749.74
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7421.001.001.00
##0000009.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B9EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91AAE7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 229.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0ef',
    500: '#55bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55bce8;
$custom-light: #93d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75194,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55BCE8
secondary
#E7C2B1
accent
#4A0DD8
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCE8

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#55BCE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva