#55BDE2#55BDE2

#55BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDE2
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -19.12, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 33.45, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0777 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.109 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6659, 43.8138, 78.5140)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDE2 #E27A55

analogous

#55E2C0 #55BDE2 #5576E2

triadic

#55BDE2 #E255BD #BDE255

tetradic

#55BDE2 #C055E2 #E27A55 #76E255

square

#55BDE2 #C055E2 #E27A55 #76E255

split-complementary

#55BDE2 #E25576 #E2C055

monochromatic

#1B7EA1 #24A7D5 #55BDE2 #89D1EB #BEE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#55BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDE2

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDE2	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1eb',
    500: '#55bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bde2;
$custom-light: #92d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7517,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDE2

secondary

#E4BDAF

accent

#4513D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDE2

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

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