#55BBD5#55BBD5

#55BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBD5
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -21.99, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 31.08, 224.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0805 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.101 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5220, 42.2727, 69.3307)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBD5 #D56F55

analogous

#55D5AF #55BBD5 #557BD5

triadic

#55BBD5 #D555BB #BBD555

tetradic

#55BBD5 #AF55D5 #D56F55 #7BD555

square

#55BBD5 #AF55D5 #D56F55 #7BD555

split-complementary

#55BBD5 #D5557B #D5AF55

monochromatic

#23778D #2FA1BE #55BBD5 #86CFE1 #B7E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#55BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBD5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBD5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe2',
    500: '#55bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbd5;
$custom-light: #91cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.188,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74179,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBD5

secondary

#DCB4A9

accent

#6544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBD5

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

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