#55BED4#55BED4

#55BED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.101 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BED4
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -23.80, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 31.18, 220.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0841 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.101 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0386, 43.5082, 68.8787)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BED4 #D46B55

analogous

#55D4AA #55BED4 #557ED4

triadic

#55BED4 #D455BE #BED455

tetradic

#55BED4 #AA55D4 #D46B55 #7ED455

square

#55BED4 #AA55D4 #D46B55 #7ED455

split-complementary

#55BED4 #D4557E #D4AA55

monochromatic

#23798B #30A4BC #55BED4 #86D1E0 #B7E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#55BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BED4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BED4	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.101 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e1',
    500: '#55bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bed4;
$custom-light: #91d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74841,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BED4

secondary

#DCB2A9

accent

#6045E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BED4

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

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