#55BEE9#55BEE9

#55BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEE9
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -17.50, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 35.07, 240.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0762 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.114 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8619, 44.6376, 83.7482)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEE9 #E98055

analogous

#55E9CA #55BEE9 #5574E9

triadic

#55BEE9 #E955BE #BEE955

tetradic

#55BEE9 #CA55E9 #E98055 #74E955

square

#55BEE9 #CA55E9 #E98055 #74E955

split-complementary

#55BEE9 #E95574 #E9CA55

monochromatic

#1681AD #1FA9E2 #55BEE9 #8BD3F0 #C1E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#55BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEE9

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEE9	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1f0',
    500: '#55bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bee9;
$custom-light: #93d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75695,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEE9

secondary

#E8C2B2

accent

#480CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEE9

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

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