#55B1CC#55B1CC

#55B1CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.095 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55B1CC
RGBrgb(85, 177, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(194, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.82, -19.50, -21.96)
CIE-LCHlch(67.82, 29.37, 228.38°)
OKLaboklab(71.48% -0.0733 -0.061)
OKLCHoklch(71.48% 0.095 219.8)
XYZxyz(30.3632, 37.7323, 62.7980)
Luminance0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55B1CC #CC7055
analogous
#55CCAB #55B1CC #5576CC
triadic
#55B1CC #CC55B1 #B1CC55
tetradic
#55B1CC #AB55CC #CC7055 #76CC55
square
#55B1CC #AB55CC #CC7055 #76CC55
split-complementary
#55B1CC #CC5576 #CCAB55
monochromatic
#266C80 #3593AF #55B1CC #84C7DA #B3DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#55B1CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#55B1CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B1CC
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55B1CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55B1CC1.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A0ADCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8FA0CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAB9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55b1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 177, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.095 219.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc8db',
    500: '#55b1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55b1cc;
$custom-light: #8fc8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55b1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71482,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55B1CC
secondary
#D7B1A6
accent
#6C4BDD
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FB
border
#CCD1D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B1CC

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#55B1CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva