#55BEE4#55BEE4

#55BEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE4
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -19.03, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 33.83, 235.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.078 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.11 225)
XYZ	xyz(36.1578, 44.3559, 80.0397)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE4 #E47B55

analogous

#55E4C3 #55BEE4 #5577E4

triadic

#55BEE4 #E455BE #BEE455

tetradic

#55BEE4 #C355E4 #E47B55 #77E455

square

#55BEE4 #C355E4 #E47B55 #77E455

split-complementary

#55BEE4 #E45577 #E4C355

monochromatic

#1A80A4 #23A9D9 #55BEE4 #8AD2EC #BFE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#55BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE4

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE4	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ec',
    500: '#55bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee4;
$custom-light: #93d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75484,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.4436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE4

secondary

#E5BEB0

accent

#4511D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE4

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

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