#55BEE7#55BEE7

#55BEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE7
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -18.11, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 34.55, 238.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0769 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.113 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5779, 44.5239, 82.2521)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE7 #E77E55

analogous

#55E7C7 #55BEE7 #5575E7

triadic

#55BEE7 #E755BE #BEE755

tetradic

#55BEE7 #C755E7 #E77E55 #75E755

square

#55BEE7 #C755E7 #E77E55 #75E755

split-complementary

#55BEE7 #E75575 #E7C755

monochromatic

#1881AA #20A9DF #55BEE7 #8BD3EF #C0E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#55BEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE7

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE7	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#55bee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee7;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7561,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE7

secondary

#E7C0B1

accent

#470ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE7

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

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