#55BFE3#55BFE3

#55BFE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE3
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -19.85, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 33.55, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0794 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.109 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2367, 44.7352, 79.3832)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE3 #E37955

analogous

#55E3C0 #55BFE3 #5578E3

triadic

#55BFE3 #E355BF #BFE355

tetradic

#55BFE3 #C055E3 #E37955 #78E355

square

#55BFE3 #C055E3 #E37955 #78E355

split-complementary

#55BFE3 #E35578 #E3C055

monochromatic

#1B80A3 #23AAD7 #55BFE3 #8AD3EC #BEE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55BFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#55BFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE3

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE3	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2ec',
    500: '#55bfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe3;
$custom-light: #92d2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75673,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE3

secondary

#E5BDAF

accent

#4312D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE3

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

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