#55BCD2#55BCD2

#55BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD2
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -23.38, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 30.79, 220.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0827 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.1 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3577, 42.5475, 67.4148)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD2 #D26B55

analogous

#55D2A9 #55BCD2 #557DD2

triadic

#55BCD2 #D255BC #BCD255

tetradic

#55BCD2 #A955D2 #D26B55 #7DD255

square

#55BCD2 #A955D2 #D26B55 #7DD255

split-complementary

#55BCD2 #D2557D #D2A955

monochromatic

#247788 #31A1B9 #55BCD2 #85CFDF #B6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#55BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0df',
    500: '#55bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd2;
$custom-light: #91d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.56,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74296,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD2

secondary

#DAB1A8

accent

#6246E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD2

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

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