#55BEE5#55BEE5

#55BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE5
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -18.72, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 34.06, 236.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0776 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.111 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2970, 44.4116, 80.7730)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE5 #E57C55

analogous

#55E5C4 #55BEE5 #5576E5

triadic

#55BEE5 #E555BE #BEE555

tetradic

#55BEE5 #C455E5 #E57C55 #76E555

square

#55BEE5 #C455E5 #E57C55 #76E555

split-complementary

#55BEE5 #E55576 #E5C455

monochromatic

#1980A6 #22A9DB #55BEE5 #8AD2ED #BFE7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#55BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE5

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE5	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ed',
    500: '#55bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee5;
$custom-light: #93d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75525,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE5

secondary

#E6BFB0

accent

#4510D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE5

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

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