#55CEEB#55CEEB

#55CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.114 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEEB
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -25.05, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 34.91, 224.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0917 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.114 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8069, 52.0677, 86.4806)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEEB #EB7255

analogous

#55EBBD #55CEEB #5583EB

triadic

#55CEEB #EB55CE #CEEB55

tetradic

#55CEEB #BD55EB #EB7255 #83EB55

square

#55CEEB #BD55EB #EB7255 #83EB55

split-complementary

#55CEEB #EB5583 #EBBD55

monochromatic

#1593B1 #1EBEE5 #55CEEB #8CDEF1 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#55CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEEB

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEEB	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.114 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf1',
    500: '#55ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceeb;
$custom-light: #94ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79456,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEEB

secondary

#B14B33

accent

#330ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEEB

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

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