#55BFEC#55BFEC

#55BFEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFEC
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -17.09, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 35.75, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0761 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.116 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5115, 45.2451, 86.0969)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFEC #EC8255

analogous

#55ECCE #55BFEC #5573EC

triadic

#55BFEC #EC55BF #BFEC55

tetradic

#55BFEC #CE55EC #EC8255 #73EC55

square

#55BFEC #CE55EC #EC8255 #73EC55

split-complementary

#55BFEC #EC5573 #ECCE55

monochromatic

#1483B3 #1EAAE6 #55BFEC #8CD4F2 #C3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55BFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#55BFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFEC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFEC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2f2',
    500: '#55bfec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfec;
$custom-light: #93d2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76052,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFEC

secondary

#EAC3B3

accent

#4809DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFEC

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

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