#55BEEC#55BEEC

#55BEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEEC
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -16.57, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 35.90, 242.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0751 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.117 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2941, 44.8104, 86.0245)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEEC #EC8355

analogous

#55ECCE #55BEEC #5572EC

triadic

#55BEEC #EC55BE #BEEC55

tetradic

#55BEEC #CE55EC #EC8355 #72EC55

square

#55BEEC #CE55EC #EC8355 #72EC55

split-complementary

#55BEEC #EC5572 #ECCE55

monochromatic

#1482B3 #1EA9E6 #55BEEC #8CD3F2 #C3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#55BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEEC

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEEC	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1f2',
    500: '#55beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55beec;
$custom-light: #93d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.278,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75824,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEEC

secondary

#EAC4B3

accent

#4A09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEEC

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

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