#55CBED#55CBED

#55CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.115 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBED
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -22.95, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 35.13, 229.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0879 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.115 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3821, 50.7533, 87.7725)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBED #ED7755

analogous

#55EDC3 #55CBED #557FED

triadic

#55CBED #ED55CB #CBED55

tetradic

#55CBED #C355ED #ED7755 #7FED55

square

#55CBED #C355ED #ED7755 #7FED55

split-complementary

#55CBED #ED557F #EDC355

monochromatic

#1390B4 #1EBAE7 #55CBED #8CDCF3 #C4EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#55CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBED

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBED	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.115 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf3',
    500: '#55cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbed;
$custom-light: #94dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78844,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBED

secondary

#B44F32

accent

#3808DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBED

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

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