#55B7CD#55B7CD

#55B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7CD
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -22.30, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 29.81, 221.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0794 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.096 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6948, 40.2029, 63.8354)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7CD #CD6B55

analogous

#55CDA7 #55B7CD #557BCD

triadic

#55B7CD #CD55B7 #B7CD55

tetradic

#55B7CD #A755CD #CD6B55 #7BCD55

square

#55B7CD #A755CD #CD6B55 #7BCD55

split-complementary

#55B7CD #CD557B #CDA755

monochromatic

#267182 #349AB1 #55B7CD #84CBDB #B4DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#55B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#55B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7CD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7CD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ccdc',
    500: '#55b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7cd;
$custom-light: #90ccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7CD

secondary

#D7AFA6

accent

#654ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7CD

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

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