#55BFEE#55BFEE

#55BFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFEE
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -16.47, -32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 36.32, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0754 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.118 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8037, 45.3620, 87.6358)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFEE #EE8455

analogous

#55EED0 #55BFEE #5572EE

triadic

#55BFEE #EE55BF #BFEE55

tetradic

#55BFEE #D055EE #EE8455 #72EE55

square

#55BFEE #D055EE #EE8455 #72EE55

split-complementary

#55BFEE #EE5572 #EED055

monochromatic

#1284B6 #1DAAE8 #55BFEE #8DD4F4 #C4E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55BFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#55BFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFEE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFEE	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 230.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76138,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFEE

secondary

#EBC5B4

accent

#4907DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFEE

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

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