#55BEE8#55BEE8

#55BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE8
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -17.80, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 34.81, 239.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0765 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.113 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7195, 44.5806, 82.9980)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE8 #E87F55

analogous

#55E8C9 #55BEE8 #5575E8

triadic

#55BEE8 #E855BE #BEE855

tetradic

#55BEE8 #C955E8 #E87F55 #75E855

square

#55BEE8 #C955E8 #E87F55 #75E855

split-complementary

#55BEE8 #E85575 #E8C955

monochromatic

#1781AB #1FA9E1 #55BEE8 #8BD3EF #C1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#55BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE8

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE8	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ef',
    500: '#55bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee8;
$custom-light: #93d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75652,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE8

secondary

#E7C1B1

accent

#470DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE8

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

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