#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
RGBrgb(85, 189, 226)
HSLhsl(196, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.10, -19.12, -27.44)
CIE-LCHlch(72.10, 33.45, 235.14°)
OKLaboklab(75.17% -0.0777 -0.0765)
OKLCHoklch(75.17% 0.109 224.6)
XYZxyz(35.6659, 43.8138, 78.5140)
Luminance0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##55BDE21.002.159.769.76
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7621.001.001.00
##0000009.7621.001.001.00

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

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#55BDE2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva