#55CBE4#55CBE4

#55CBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBE4
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -25.62, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 33.93, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0913 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.11 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1001, 50.2405, 81.0205)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBE4 #E46E55

analogous

#55E4B6 #55CBE4 #5584E4

triadic

#55CBE4 #E455CB #CBE455

tetradic

#55CBE4 #B655E4 #E46E55 #84E455

square

#55CBE4 #B655E4 #E46E55 #84E455

split-complementary

#55CBE4 #E45584 #E4B655

monochromatic

#1A8CA4 #23B9D9 #55CBE4 #8ADBEC #BFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#55CBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBE4

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBE4	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbec',
    500: '#55cbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbe4;
$custom-light: #93dbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.49,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBE4

secondary

#A74A36

accent

#3311D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBE4

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

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