#55B7DC#55B7DC

#55B7DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B7DC
RGB	rgb(85, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -17.82, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 32.50, 236.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0736 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.106 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5930, 40.9622, 73.8324)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B7DC #DC7A55

analogous

#55DCBD #55B7DC #5574DC

triadic

#55B7DC #DC55B7 #B7DC55

tetradic

#55B7DC #BD55DC #DC7A55 #74DC55

square

#55B7DC #BD55DC #DC7A55 #74DC55

split-complementary

#55B7DC #DC5574 #DCBD55

monochromatic

#1F7697 #2A9ECA #55B7DC #88CCE6 #BBE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#55B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B7DC

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B7DC	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cce7',
    500: '#55b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b7dc;
$custom-light: #91cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B7DC

secondary

#E0BBAC

accent

#6E3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B7DC

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

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