#55BDEC#55BDEC

#55BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.117 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDEC
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -16.04, -32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 36.05, 243.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0741 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.117 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0783, 44.3787, 85.9525)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDEC #EC8455

analogous

#55ECCF #55BDEC #5572EC

triadic

#55BDEC #EC55BD #BDEC55

tetradic

#55BDEC #CF55EC #EC8455 #72EC55

square

#55BDEC #CF55EC #EC8455 #72EC55

split-complementary

#55BDEC #EC5572 #ECCF55

monochromatic

#1481B3 #1EA8E6 #55BDEC #8CD2F2 #C3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#55BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDEC

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDEC	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.117 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0f2',
    500: '#55bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bdec;
$custom-light: #93d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.675,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75596,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDEC

secondary

#EAC4B3

accent

#4B09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDEC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →