#55BCD1#55BCD1

#55BCD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD1
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -23.67, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 30.69, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0831 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.099 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2335, 42.4978, 66.7607)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD1 #D16A55

analogous

#55D1A8 #55BCD1 #557ED1

triadic

#55BCD1 #D155BC #BCD155

tetradic

#55BCD1 #A855D1 #D16A55 #7ED155

square

#55BCD1 #A855D1 #D16A55 #7ED155

split-complementary

#55BCD1 #D1557E #D1A855

monochromatic

#257687 #32A1B7 #55BCD1 #85CFDE #B5E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#55BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD1

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD1	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0df',
    500: '#55bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd1;
$custom-light: #90d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.161,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74257,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD1

secondary

#DAB0A8

accent

#6147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD1

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

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