#55BED8#55BED8

#55BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.103 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BED8
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -22.63, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 31.64, 224.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0825 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.103 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5494, 43.7126, 71.5690)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BED8 #D86F55

analogous

#55D8B0 #55BED8 #557DD8

triadic

#55BED8 #D855BE #BED855

tetradic

#55BED8 #B055D8 #D86F55 #7DD855

square

#55BED8 #B055D8 #D86F55 #7DD855

split-complementary

#55BED8 #D8557D #D8B055

monochromatic

#217B91 #2DA5C3 #55BED8 #87D1E3 #B9E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#55BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BED8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BED8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.103 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e4',
    500: '#55bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bed8;
$custom-light: #91d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74997,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BED8

secondary

#DEB5AB

accent

#6342E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BED8

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

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