#55BFE6#55BFE6

#55BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.112 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE6
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -18.93, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 34.22, 236.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0783 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.112 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6544, 44.9023, 81.5829)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE6 #E67C55

analogous

#55E6C5 #55BFE6 #5577E6

triadic

#55BFE6 #E655BF #BFE655

tetradic

#55BFE6 #C555E6 #E67C55 #77E655

square

#55BFE6 #C555E6 #E67C55 #77E655

split-complementary

#55BFE6 #E65577 #E6C555

monochromatic

#1981A8 #21ABDD #55BFE6 #8AD3EE #C0E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#55BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE6

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE6	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.112 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2ee',
    500: '#55bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe6;
$custom-light: #93d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75797,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE6

secondary

#E6BFB1

accent

#450FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE6

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

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