#55CBEF#55CBEF

#55CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.116 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBEF
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -22.35, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 35.49, 230.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0871 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.116 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6759, 50.8708, 89.3200)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBEF #EF7955

analogous

#55EFC6 #55CBEF #557EEF

triadic

#55CBEF #EF55CB #CBEF55

tetradic

#55CBEF #C655EF #EF7955 #7EEF55

square

#55CBEF #C655EF #EF7955 #7EEF55

split-complementary

#55CBEF #EF557E #EFC655

monochromatic

#1191B8 #1DBAEA #55CBEF #8DDCF4 #C5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#55CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBEF

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBEF	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.116 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf4',
    500: '#55cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbef;
$custom-light: #95dbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78925,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBEF

secondary

#B75031

accent

#3906DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBEF

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

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