#55BEE6#55BEE6

#55BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE6
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -18.42, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 34.31, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0772 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.112 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4370, 44.4676, 81.5104)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE6 #E67D55

analogous

#55E6C6 #55BEE6 #5576E6

triadic

#55BEE6 #E655BE #BEE655

tetradic

#55BEE6 #C655E6 #E67D55 #76E655

square

#55BEE6 #C655E6 #E67D55 #76E655

split-complementary

#55BEE6 #E65576 #E6C655

monochromatic

#1980A8 #21A9DD #55BEE6 #8AD2EE #C0E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#55BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE6

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE6	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#55bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee6;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75567,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE6

secondary

#E6BFB1

accent

#460FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE6

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

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