#55BBDD#55BBDD

#55BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBDD
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -19.60, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 32.47, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0775 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.106 223)
XYZ	xyz(34.5626, 42.6889, 74.8109)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBDD #DD7755

analogous

#55DDBB #55BBDD #5577DD

triadic

#55BBDD #DD55BB #BBDD55

tetradic

#55BBDD #BB55DD #DD7755 #77DD55

square

#55BBDD #BB55DD #DD7755 #77DD55

split-complementary

#55BBDD #DD5577 #DDBB55

monochromatic

#1F7A99 #29A3CC #55BBDD #88CFE7 #BBE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#55BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBDD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBDD	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe7',
    500: '#55bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbdd;
$custom-light: #92cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74501,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.42692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBDD

secondary

#E1BAAD

accent

#693EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBDD

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

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