#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
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -16.76, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 35.06, 241.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0745 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.114 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2893, 43.7202, 82.8546)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##55BCE8	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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