#55BCF0#55BCF0

#55BCF0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.121 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCF0
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 240)
HSL	hsl(200, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -14.27, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 37.47, 247.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0717 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.121 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4516, 44.1851, 88.9760)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCF0 #F08955

analogous

#55F0D6 #55BCF0 #556EF0

triadic

#55BCF0 #F055BC #BCF055

tetradic

#55BCF0 #D655F0 #F08955 #6EF055

square

#55BCF0 #D655F0 #F08955 #6EF055

split-complementary

#55BCF0 #F0556E #F0D655

monochromatic

#1081BA #1DA6EB #55BCF0 #8DD2F5 #C5E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BCF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#55BCF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCF0

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCF0	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DABEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.121 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f5',
    500: '#55bcf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcf0;
$custom-light: #94d0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.129,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75545,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCF0

secondary

#ECC7B5

accent

#4F05E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCF0

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

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