#55CBE5#55CBE5

#55CBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBE5
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -25.33, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 34.03, 221.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0909 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.111 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2393, 50.2962, 81.7537)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBE5 #E56F55

analogous

#55E5B7 #55CBE5 #5583E5

triadic

#55CBE5 #E555CB #CBE555

tetradic

#55CBE5 #B755E5 #E56F55 #83E555

square

#55CBE5 #B755E5 #E56F55 #83E555

split-complementary

#55CBE5 #E55583 #E5B755

monochromatic

#198DA6 #22BADB #55CBE5 #8ADBED #BFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#55CBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBE5

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBE5	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbed',
    500: '#55cbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbe5;
$custom-light: #93dbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78528,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBE5

secondary

#A84B36

accent

#3410D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBE5

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

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