#55B9D2#55B9D2

#55B9D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.099 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B9D2
RGB	rgb(85, 185, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -21.85, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 30.56, 224.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0795 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.099 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7235, 41.2791, 67.2034)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B9D2 #D26E55

analogous

#55D2AC #55B9D2 #557AD2

triadic

#55B9D2 #D255B9 #B9D255

tetradic

#55B9D2 #AC55D2 #D26E55 #7AD255

square

#55B9D2 #AC55D2 #D26E55 #7AD255

split-complementary

#55B9D2 #D2557A #D2AC55

monochromatic

#247488 #319EB9 #55B9D2 #85CDDF #B6E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#55B9D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#55B9D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B9D2

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B9D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B9D2	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B4D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b9d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 185, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.099 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cedf',
    500: '#55b9d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b9d2;
$custom-light: #90cedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b9d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73593,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B9D2

secondary

#DAB2A8

accent

#6546E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B9D2

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

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