#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
RGBrgb(85, 189, 234)
HSLhsl(198, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(198, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.40, -16.66, -31.32)
CIE-LCHlch(72.40, 35.48, 241.99°)
OKLaboklab(75.51% -0.0748 -0.0876)
OKLCHoklch(75.51% 0.115 229.5)
XYZxyz(36.7893, 44.2632, 84.4308)
Luminance0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##55BDEA1.002.139.859.85
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8521.001.001.00
##0000009.8521.001.001.00

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

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