#55BCEE#55BCEE

#55BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCEE
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -14.89, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 36.84, 246.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0724 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.119 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1561, 44.0669, 87.4199)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCEE #EE8755

analogous

#55EED3 #55BCEE #556FEE

triadic

#55BCEE #EE55BC #BCEE55

tetradic

#55BCEE #D355EE #EE8755 #6FEE55

square

#55BCEE #D355EE #EE8755 #6FEE55

split-complementary

#55BCEE #EE556F #EED355

monochromatic

#1281B6 #1DA6E8 #55BCEE #8DD2F4 #C4E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCEE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCEE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f3',
    500: '#55bcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcee;
$custom-light: #94d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.608,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCEE

secondary

#EBC6B4

accent

#4E07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCEE

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

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