#55BBDC#55BBDC

#55BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBDC
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -19.90, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 32.27, 231.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0778 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.105 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4298, 42.6357, 74.1113)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBDC #DC7655

analogous

#55DCBA #55BBDC #5577DC

triadic

#55BBDC #DC55BB #BBDC55

tetradic

#55BBDC #BA55DC #DC7655 #77DC55

square

#55BBDC #BA55DC #DC7655 #77DC55

split-complementary

#55BBDC #DC5577 #DCBA55

monochromatic

#1F7A97 #2AA3CA #55BBDC #88CFE6 #BBE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#55BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBDC

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBDC	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe7',
    500: '#55bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbdc;
$custom-light: #91cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBDC

secondary

#E0B9AC

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBDC

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

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