#55BDE6#55BDE6

#55BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.112 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDE6
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -17.90, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 34.41, 238.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0762 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.112 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2212, 44.0359, 81.4385)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDE6 #E67E55

analogous

#55E6C7 #55BDE6 #5574E6

triadic

#55BDE6 #E655BD #BDE655

tetradic

#55BDE6 #C755E6 #E67E55 #74E655

square

#55BDE6 #C755E6 #E67E55 #74E655

split-complementary

#55BDE6 #E65574 #E6C755

monochromatic

#197FA8 #21A8DD #55BDE6 #8AD2EE #C0E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDE6

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDE6	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)

#A7BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.112 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#55bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bde6;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDE6

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#470FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDE6

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

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