#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
RGBrgb(85, 203, 229)
HSLhsl(191, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(191, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.25, -25.33, -22.73)
CIE-LCHlch(76.25, 34.03, 221.90°)
OKLaboklab(78.53% -0.0909 -0.0631)
OKLCHoklch(78.53% 0.111 214.8)
XYZxyz(39.2393, 50.2962, 81.7537)
Luminance0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##55CBE51.001.9011.0611.06
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0621.001.001.00
##00000011.0621.001.001.00

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

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#55CBE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva