#55BFE8#55BFE8

#55BFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE8
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -18.32, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 34.70, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0775 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.113 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9368, 45.0152, 83.0705)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE8 #E87E55

analogous

#55E8C8 #55BFE8 #5575E8

triadic

#55BFE8 #E855BF #BFE855

tetradic

#55BFE8 #C855E8 #E87E55 #75E855

square

#55BFE8 #C855E8 #E87E55 #75E855

split-complementary

#55BFE8 #E85575 #E8C855

monochromatic

#1782AB #1FABE1 #55BFE8 #8BD3EF #C1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55BFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#55BFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE8

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE8	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2ef',
    500: '#55bfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe8;
$custom-light: #93d2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE8

secondary

#E7C0B1

accent

#460DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE8

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

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