#55CBEB#55CBEB

#55CBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.114 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBEB
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -23.55, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 34.81, 227.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0886 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.114 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0915, 50.6371, 86.2422)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBEB #EB7555

analogous

#55EBC0 #55CBEB #5580EB

triadic

#55CBEB #EB55CB #CBEB55

tetradic

#55CBEB #C055EB #EB7555 #80EB55

square

#55CBEB #C055EB #EB7555 #80EB55

split-complementary

#55CBEB #EB5580 #EBC055

monochromatic

#1590B1 #1EBAE5 #55CBEB #8CDCF1 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#55CBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBEB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBEB	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.114 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf1',
    500: '#55cbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbeb;
$custom-light: #94dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.8,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78764,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBEB

secondary

#B14E33

accent

#370ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBEB

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

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