#55BEDE#55BEDE

#55BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.106 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEDE
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -20.84, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 32.59, 230.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0802 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.106 221)
XYZ	xyz(35.3393, 44.0285, 75.7290)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEDE #DE7555

analogous

#55DEBA #55BEDE #5579DE

triadic

#55BEDE #DE55BE #BEDE55

tetradic

#55BEDE #BA55DE #DE7555 #79DE55

square

#55BEDE #BA55DE #DE7555 #79DE55

split-complementary

#55BEDE #DE5579 #DEBA55

monochromatic

#1E7D9B #28A7CE #55BEDE #88D2E8 #BCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEDE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEDE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.106 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e8',
    500: '#55bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bede;
$custom-light: #92d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.44032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEDE

secondary

#E2B9AD

accent

#4116CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEDE

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

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