#55BCD5#55BCD5

#55BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD5
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -22.50, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 31.13, 223.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0816 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.101 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7349, 42.6984, 69.4017)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD5 #D56E55

analogous

#55D5AE #55BCD5 #557CD5

triadic

#55BCD5 #D555BC #BCD555

tetradic

#55BCD5 #AE55D5 #D56E55 #7CD555

square

#55BCD5 #AE55D5 #D56E55 #7CD555

split-complementary

#55BCD5 #D5557C #D5AE55

monochromatic

#23788D #2FA2BE #55BCD5 #86CFE1 #B7E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#55BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD5	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e2',
    500: '#55bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd5;
$custom-light: #91d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD5

secondary

#DCB3A9

accent

#6344E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD5

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

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