#55B3D2#55B3D2

#55B3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3D2
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 210)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -18.75, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 30.49, 232.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0731 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.099 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4947, 38.8215, 66.7938)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3D2 #D27455

analogous

#55D2B2 #55B3D2 #5574D2

triadic

#55B3D2 #D255B3 #B3D255

tetradic

#55B3D2 #B255D2 #D27455 #74D255

square

#55B3D2 #B255D2 #D27455 #74D255

split-complementary

#55B3D2 #D25574 #D2B255

monochromatic

#247088 #3197B9 #55B3D2 #85C9DF #B6DEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#55B3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#55B3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3D2

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3D2	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9df',
    500: '#55b3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3d2;
$custom-light: #90c9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.88,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72193,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3D2

secondary

#DAB5A8

accent

#6D46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3D2

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

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