#55BBDA#55BBDA

#55BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.104 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBDA
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -20.50, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 31.88, 229.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0786 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.104 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1665, 42.5304, 72.7247)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBDA #DA7455

analogous

#55DAB7 #55BBDA #5579DA

triadic

#55BBDA #DA55BB #BBDA55

tetradic

#55BBDA #B755DA #DA7455 #79DA55

square

#55BBDA #B755DA #DA7455 #79DA55

split-complementary

#55BBDA #DA5579 #DAB755

monochromatic

#207994 #2BA2C7 #55BBDA #87CFE5 #BAE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#55BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBDA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBDA	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.104 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe5',
    500: '#55bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbda;
$custom-light: #91cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74379,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBDA

secondary

#DFB8AB

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBDA

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

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