#55BBDE#55BBDE

#55BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBDE
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -19.29, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 32.68, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0771 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.107 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6962, 42.7423, 75.5147)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBDE #DE7855

analogous

#55DEBC #55BBDE #5577DE

triadic

#55BBDE #DE55BB #BBDE55

tetradic

#55BBDE #BC55DE #DE7855 #77DE55

square

#55BBDE #BC55DE #DE7855 #77DE55

split-complementary

#55BBDE #DE5577 #DEBC55

monochromatic

#1E7B9B #28A3CE #55BBDE #88D0E8 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#55BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBDE

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBDE	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe8',
    500: '#55bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbde;
$custom-light: #92cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74543,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBDE

secondary

#E2BBAD

accent

#4516CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBDE

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

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