#55BBD6#55BBD6

#55BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.102 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBD6
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -21.69, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 31.22, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0801 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.102 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6494, 42.3236, 70.0012)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBD6 #D67055

analogous

#55D6B0 #55BBD6 #557AD6

triadic

#55BBD6 #D655BB #BBD655

tetradic

#55BBD6 #B055D6 #D67055 #7AD655

square

#55BBD6 #B055D6 #D67055 #7AD655

split-complementary

#55BBD6 #D6557A #D6B055

monochromatic

#22788E #2EA1C0 #55BBD6 #86CFE2 #B8E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#55BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBD6

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBD6	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.102 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe2',
    500: '#55bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbd6;
$custom-light: #91cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBD6

secondary

#DDB5AA

accent

#6544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBD6

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

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