#55CBEC#55CBEC

#55CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.114 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBEC
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -23.25, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 34.97, 228.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0883 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.114 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2364, 50.6950, 87.0052)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBEC #EC7655

analogous

#55ECC2 #55CBEC #557FEC

triadic

#55CBEC #EC55CB #CBEC55

tetradic

#55CBEC #C255EC #EC7655 #7FEC55

square

#55CBEC #C255EC #EC7655 #7FEC55

split-complementary

#55CBEC #EC557F #ECC255

monochromatic

#1490B3 #1EBAE6 #55CBEC #8CDCF2 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#55CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBEC

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBEC	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.114 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf2',
    500: '#55cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbec;
$custom-light: #94dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.113,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78804,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBEC

secondary

#B34F33

accent

#3709DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBEC

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

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