#55BCD3#55BCD3

#55BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD3
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -23.08, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 30.89, 221.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0823 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.1 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4826, 42.5975, 68.0730)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD3 #D36C55

analogous

#55D3AB #55BCD3 #557DD3

triadic

#55BCD3 #D355BC #BCD355

tetradic

#55BCD3 #AB55D3 #D36C55 #7DD355

square

#55BCD3 #AB55D3 #D36C55 #7DD355

split-complementary

#55BCD3 #D3557D #D3AB55

monochromatic

#24778A #30A1BB #55BCD3 #86CFE0 #B6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#55BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#55BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD3	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e0',
    500: '#55bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd3;
$custom-light: #91d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74334,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD3

secondary

#DBB2A9

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD3

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

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