#55BDEA#55BDEA

#55BDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDEA
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -16.66, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 35.48, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0748 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.115 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7893, 44.2632, 84.4308)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDEA #EA8255

analogous

#55EACD #55BDEA #5572EA

triadic

#55BDEA #EA55BD #BDEA55

tetradic

#55BDEA #CD55EA #EA8255 #72EA55

square

#55BDEA #CD55EA #EA8255 #72EA55

split-complementary

#55BDEA #EA5572 #EACD55

monochromatic

#1681AF #1FA8E3 #55BDEA #8BD2F1 #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#55BDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDEA

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDEA	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1f1',
    500: '#55bdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdea;
$custom-light: #93d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75509,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDEA

secondary

#E8C3B2

accent

#4A0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDEA

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

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