#55BBD4#55BBD4

#55BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBD4
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -22.28, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 30.94, 223.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0809 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.1 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3955, 42.2220, 68.6643)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBD4 #D46E55

analogous

#55D4AD #55BBD4 #557BD4

triadic

#55BBD4 #D455BB #BBD455

tetradic

#55BBD4 #AD55D4 #D46E55 #7BD455

square

#55BBD4 #AD55D4 #D46E55 #7BD455

split-complementary

#55BBD4 #D4557B #D4AD55

monochromatic

#23778B #30A1BC #55BBD4 #86CFE0 #B7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#55BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBD4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBD4	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe1',
    500: '#55bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbd4;
$custom-light: #91cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBD4

secondary

#DCB3A9

accent

#6445E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBD4

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

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