#55BFE9#55BFE9

#55BFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFE9
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -18.02, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 34.96, 238.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0772 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.114 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0793, 45.0722, 83.8207)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFE9 #E97F55

analogous

#55E9C9 #55BFE9 #5575E9

triadic

#55BFE9 #E955BF #BFE955

tetradic

#55BFE9 #C955E9 #E97F55 #75E955

square

#55BFE9 #C955E9 #E97F55 #75E955

split-complementary

#55BFE9 #E95575 #E9C955

monochromatic

#1682AD #1FABE2 #55BFE9 #8BD3F0 #C1E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55BFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#55BFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFE9

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFE9	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2f0',
    500: '#55bfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfe9;
$custom-light: #93d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75924,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFE9

secondary

#E8C1B2

accent

#460CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFE9

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

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