#55BCD4#55BCD4

#55BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD4
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -22.79, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.01, 222.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0819 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.101 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6084, 42.6478, 68.7353)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD4 #D46D55

analogous

#55D4AD #55BCD4 #557CD4

triadic

#55BCD4 #D455BC #BCD455

tetradic

#55BCD4 #AD55D4 #D46D55 #7CD455

square

#55BCD4 #AD55D4 #D46D55 #7CD455

split-complementary

#55BCD4 #D4557C #D4AD55

monochromatic

#23788B #30A2BC #55BCD4 #86CFE0 #B7E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#55BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD4

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD4	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e1',
    500: '#55bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd4;
$custom-light: #91d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD4

secondary

#DCB3A9

accent

#6345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD4

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

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