#55BED5#55BED5

#55BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BED5
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -23.51, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 31.28, 221.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0837 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.101 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1651, 43.5588, 69.5451)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BED5 #D56C55

analogous

#55D5AC #55BED5 #557ED5

triadic

#55BED5 #D555BE #BED555

tetradic

#55BED5 #AC55D5 #D56C55 #7ED555

square

#55BED5 #AC55D5 #D56C55 #7ED555

split-complementary

#55BED5 #D5557E #D5AC55

monochromatic

#237A8D #2FA4BE #55BED5 #86D1E1 #B7E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#55BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BED5

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BED5	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e2',
    500: '#55bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bed5;
$custom-light: #91d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BED5

secondary

#DCB3A9

accent

#6144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BED5

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

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