#55BFE4#55BFE4

#55BFE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.110 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE4
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -19.54, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 33.76, 234.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.079 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.11 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3751, 44.7906, 80.1122)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE4 #E47A55

analogous

#55E4C1 #55BFE4 #5578E4

triadic

#55BFE4 #E455BF #BFE455

tetradic

#55BFE4 #C155E4 #E47A55 #78E455

square

#55BFE4 #C155E4 #E47A55 #78E455

split-complementary

#55BFE4 #E45578 #E4C155

monochromatic

#1A81A4 #23AAD9 #55BFE4 #8AD3EC #BFE7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55BFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#55BFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE4

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE4	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)

#AABBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.110 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2ec',
    500: '#55bfe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe4;
$custom-light: #93d2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75714,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE4

secondary

#E5BEB0

accent

#4411D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE4

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

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