#55BFE5#55BFE5

#55BFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE5
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -19.24, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 33.99, 235.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0786 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.111 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5143, 44.8463, 80.8454)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE5 #E57B55

analogous

#55E5C3 #55BFE5 #5577E5

triadic

#55BFE5 #E555BF #BFE555

tetradic

#55BFE5 #C355E5 #E57B55 #77E555

square

#55BFE5 #C355E5 #E57B55 #77E555

split-complementary

#55BFE5 #E55577 #E5C355

monochromatic

#1981A6 #22AADB #55BFE5 #8AD3ED #BFE7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55BFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#55BFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE5

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE5	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2ed',
    500: '#55bfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe5;
$custom-light: #93d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE5

secondary

#E6BEB0

accent

#4410D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE5

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

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