#55BEDD#55BEDD

#55BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEDD
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -21.14, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 32.41, 229.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0806 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.106 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2057, 43.9751, 75.0253)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEDD #DD7455

analogous

#55DDB8 #55BEDD #557ADD

triadic

#55BEDD #DD55BE #BEDD55

tetradic

#55BEDD #B855DD #DD7455 #7ADD55

square

#55BEDD #B855DD #DD7455 #7ADD55

split-complementary

#55BEDD #DD557A #DDB855

monochromatic

#1F7D99 #29A7CC #55BEDD #88D2E7 #BBE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#55BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEDD

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEDD	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e7',
    500: '#55bedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bedd;
$custom-light: #92d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.676,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEDD

secondary

#E1B9AD

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEDD

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

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