#55BBD7#55BBD7

#55BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBD7
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -21.39, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 31.37, 227.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0797 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.102 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7775, 42.3748, 70.6759)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBD7 #D77155

analogous

#55D7B2 #55BBD7 #557AD7

triadic

#55BBD7 #D755BB #BBD755

tetradic

#55BBD7 #B255D7 #D77155 #7AD755

square

#55BBD7 #B255D7 #D77155 #7AD755

split-complementary

#55BBD7 #D7557A #D7B255

monochromatic

#227890 #2DA1C1 #55BBD7 #87CFE3 #B8E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#55BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#55BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBD7

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBD7	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe3',
    500: '#55bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbd7;
$custom-light: #91cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74258,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBD7

secondary

#DEB5AA

accent

#6643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBD7

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

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