#55BBD2#55BBD2

#55BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBD2
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -22.87, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 30.70, 221.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0817 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.1 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1448, 42.1218, 67.3438)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBD2 #D26C55

analogous

#55D2AA #55BBD2 #557CD2

triadic

#55BBD2 #D255BB #BBD255

tetradic

#55BBD2 #AA55D2 #D26C55 #7CD255

square

#55BBD2 #AA55D2 #D26C55 #7CD255

split-complementary

#55BBD2 #D2557C #D2AA55

monochromatic

#247688 #31A0B9 #55BBD2 #85CEDF #B6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#55BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#55BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBD2

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBD2	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdf',
    500: '#55bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbd2;
$custom-light: #90cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74061,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBD2

secondary

#DAB2A8

accent

#6346E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBD2

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

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