#55BCD7#55BCD7

#55BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD7
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -21.91, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 31.40, 225.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0808 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.102 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9903, 42.8006, 70.7468)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD7 #D77055

analogous

#55D7B1 #55BCD7 #557BD7

triadic

#55BCD7 #D755BC #BCD755

tetradic

#55BCD7 #B155D7 #D77055 #7BD755

square

#55BCD7 #B155D7 #D77055 #7BD755

split-complementary

#55BCD7 #D7557B #D7B155

monochromatic

#227990 #2DA3C1 #55BCD7 #87D0E3 #B8E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#55BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD7

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD7	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e3',
    500: '#55bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd7;
$custom-light: #91d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74491,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD7

secondary

#DEB5AA

accent

#6443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD7

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

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