#55BFED#55BFED

#55BFED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.117 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFED
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -16.78, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 36.03, 242.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0758 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.117 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6571, 45.3034, 86.8642)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFED #ED8355

analogous

#55EDCF #55BFED #5573ED

triadic

#55BFED #ED55BF #BFED55

tetradic

#55BFED #CF55ED #ED8355 #73ED55

square

#55BFED #CF55ED #ED8355 #73ED55

split-complementary

#55BFED #ED5573 #EDCF55

monochromatic

#1384B4 #1EAAE7 #55BFED #8CD4F3 #C4E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55BFED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#55BFED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFED

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFED	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.117 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2f3',
    500: '#55bfed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfed;
$custom-light: #94d2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76095,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFED

secondary

#EAC4B4

accent

#4908DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFED

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

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