#55BEE2#55BEE2

#55BEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.109 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE2
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -19.63, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 33.38, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0787 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.109 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8818, 44.2455, 78.5860)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE2 #E27955

analogous

#55E2BF #55BEE2 #5577E2

triadic

#55BEE2 #E255BE #BEE255

tetradic

#55BEE2 #BF55E2 #E27955 #77E255

square

#55BEE2 #BF55E2 #E27955 #77E255

split-complementary

#55BEE2 #E25577 #E2BF55

monochromatic

#1B7FA1 #24A8D5 #55BEE2 #89D2EB #BEE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#55BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE2

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE2	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.109 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1eb',
    500: '#55bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee2;
$custom-light: #92d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75401,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE2

secondary

#E4BCAF

accent

#4413D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE2

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

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