#55BBDB#55BBDB

#55BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBDB
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -20.20, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 32.07, 230.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0782 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.105 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2977, 42.5829, 73.4159)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBDB #DB7555

analogous

#55DBB8 #55BBDB #5578DB

triadic

#55BBDB #DB55BB #BBDB55

tetradic

#55BBDB #B855DB #DB7555 #78DB55

square

#55BBDB #B855DB #DB7555 #78DB55

split-complementary

#55BBDB #DB5578 #DBB855

monochromatic

#207A96 #2AA3C8 #55BBDB #88CFE6 #BAE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#55BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBDB

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBDB	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe6',
    500: '#55bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbdb;
$custom-light: #91cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7442,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBDB

secondary

#E0B8AC

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBDB

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

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