#55B6CC#55B6CC

#55B6CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.096 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B6CC
RGB	rgb(85, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -22.08, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 29.61, 221.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0787 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.096 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3690, 39.7437, 63.1332)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B6CC #CC6B55

analogous

#55CCA6 #55B6CC #557BCC

triadic

#55B6CC #CC55B6 #B6CC55

tetradic

#55B6CC #A655CC #CC6B55 #7BCC55

square

#55B6CC #A655CC #CC6B55 #7BCC55

split-complementary

#55B6CC #CC557B #CCA655

monochromatic

#267080 #3599AF #55B6CC #84CADA #B3DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#55B6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#55B6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B6CC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B6CC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.096 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccdb',
    500: '#55b6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b6cc;
$custom-light: #90ccdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.092,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.09583,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B6CC

secondary

#D7AFA6

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B6CC

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

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