#55BBDF#55BBDF

#55BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BBDF
RGB	rgb(85, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -18.99, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 32.90, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0767 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.107 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8306, 42.7961, 76.2226)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BBDF #DF7955

analogous

#55DFBE #55BBDF #5576DF

triadic

#55BBDF #DF55BB #BBDF55

tetradic

#55BBDF #BE55DF #DF7955 #76DF55

square

#55BBDF #BE55DF #DF7955 #76DF55

split-complementary

#55BBDF #DF5576 #DFBE55

monochromatic

#1D7B9C #27A4D0 #55BBDF #89D0E9 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BBDF

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BBDF	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe9',
    500: '#55bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bbdf;
$custom-light: #92cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BBDF

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4615D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BBDF

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

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