#55B0CD#55B0CD

#55B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.096 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B0CD
RGB	rgb(85, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -18.69, -22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 29.56, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0718 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.096 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2868, 37.3868, 63.3660)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B0CD #CD7255

analogous

#55CDAE #55B0CD #5574CD

triadic

#55B0CD #CD55B0 #B0CD55

tetradic

#55B0CD #AE55CD #CD7255 #74CD55

square

#55B0CD #AE55CD #CD7255 #74CD55

split-complementary

#55B0CD #CD5574 #CDAE55

monochromatic

#266B82 #3493B1 #55B0CD #84C6DB #B4DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#55B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B0CD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B0CD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.096 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7dc',
    500: '#55b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b0cd;
$custom-light: #8fc7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.09594,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B0CD

secondary

#D7B2A6

accent

#6E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B0CD

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

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