#55BDE7#55BDE7

#55BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDE7
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -17.59, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 34.66, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0759 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.113 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3620, 44.0922, 82.1802)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDE7 #E77F55

analogous

#55E7C8 #55BDE7 #5574E7

triadic

#55BDE7 #E755BD #BDE755

tetradic

#55BDE7 #C855E7 #E77F55 #74E755

square

#55BDE7 #C855E7 #E77F55 #74E755

split-complementary

#55BDE7 #E75574 #E7C855

monochromatic

#1880AA #20A8DF #55BDE7 #8BD2EF #C0E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#55BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDE7

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDE7	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#55bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bde7;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDE7

secondary

#E7C0B1

accent

#480ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDE7

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

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