#55BBD1#55BBD1

#55BBD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBD1
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(191, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -23.16, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 30.59, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0821 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.099 214)
XYZ	xyz(33.0206, 42.0721, 66.6898)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBD1 #D16B55

analogous

#55D1A9 #55BBD1 #557DD1

triadic

#55BBD1 #D155BB #BBD155

tetradic

#55BBD1 #A955D1 #D16B55 #7DD155

square

#55BBD1 #A955D1 #D16B55 #7DD155

split-complementary

#55BBD1 #D1557D #D1A955

monochromatic

#257687 #32A0B7 #55BBD1 #85CEDE #B5E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#55BBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBD1

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBD1	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdf',
    500: '#55bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbd1;
$custom-light: #90cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.645,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74023,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.42075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBD1

secondary

#DAB1A8

accent

#6247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBD1

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

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