#55BFEF#55BFEF

#55BFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFEF
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -16.16, -32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 36.61, 243.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0751 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.119 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9510, 45.4209, 88.4117)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFEF #EF8555

analogous

#55EFD2 #55BFEF #5572EF

triadic

#55BFEF #EF55BF #BFEF55

tetradic

#55BFEF #D255EF #EF8555 #72EF55

square

#55BFEF #D255EF #EF8555 #72EF55

split-complementary

#55BFEF #EF5572 #EFD255

monochromatic

#1184B8 #1DAAEA #55BFEF #8DD4F4 #C5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#55BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFEF

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFEF	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2f4',
    500: '#55bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfef;
$custom-light: #94d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76182,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFEF

secondary

#EBC6B5

accent

#4A06DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFEF

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

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