#55BFE0#55BFE0

#55BFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.107 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE0
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -20.75, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 32.94, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0805 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.108 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8263, 44.5710, 77.2216)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE0 #E07655

analogous

#55E0BC #55BFE0 #5579E0

triadic

#55BFE0 #E055BF #BFE055

tetradic

#55BFE0 #BC55E0 #E07655 #79E055

square

#55BFE0 #BC55E0 #E07655 #79E055

split-complementary

#55BFE0 #E05579 #E0BC55

monochromatic

#1D7F9E #26A9D2 #55BFE0 #89D2E9 #BDE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#55BFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE0

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE0	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)

#ABBBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.107 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e9',
    500: '#55bfe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe0;
$custom-light: #92d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7555,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE0

secondary

#E3BBAE

accent

#4114D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE0

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

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