#55CBE3#55CBE3

#55CBE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBE3
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -25.92, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 33.84, 220.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0917 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.11 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9617, 50.1851, 80.2915)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBE3 #E36D55

analogous

#55E3B4 #55CBE3 #5584E3

triadic

#55CBE3 #E355CB #CBE355

tetradic

#55CBE3 #B455E3 #E36D55 #84E355

square

#55CBE3 #B455E3 #E36D55 #84E355

split-complementary

#55CBE3 #E35584 #E3B455

monochromatic

#1B8CA3 #23B9D7 #55CBE3 #8ADBEC #BEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#55CBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBE3

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBE3	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbeb',
    500: '#55cbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbe3;
$custom-light: #93dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.141,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78451,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBE3

secondary

#A54A37

accent

#3312D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBE3

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

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