#55BDED#55BDED

#55BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDED
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -15.73, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 36.35, 244.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0737 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.118 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2240, 44.4370, 86.7198)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDED #ED8555

analogous

#55EDD1 #55BDED #5571ED

triadic

#55BDED #ED55BD #BDED55

tetradic

#55BDED #D155ED #ED8555 #71ED55

square

#55BDED #D155ED #ED8555 #71ED55

split-complementary

#55BDED #ED5571 #EDD155

monochromatic

#1382B4 #1EA8E7 #55BDED #8CD2F3 #C4E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#55BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDED

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDED	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0f3',
    500: '#55bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bded;
$custom-light: #93d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDED

secondary

#EAC5B4

accent

#4C08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDED

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

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