#55BCD9#55BCD9

#55BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCD9
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -21.31, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 31.71, 227.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.08 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.103 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2489, 42.9040, 72.1086)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCD9 #D97255

analogous

#55D9B4 #55BCD9 #557AD9

triadic

#55BCD9 #D955BC #BCD955

tetradic

#55BCD9 #B455D9 #D97255 #7AD955

square

#55BCD9 #B455D9 #D97255 #7AD955

split-complementary

#55BCD9 #D9557A #D9B455

monochromatic

#217A93 #2CA3C5 #55BCD9 #87D0E4 #B9E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#55BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCD9

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCD9	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e4',
    500: '#55bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcd9;
$custom-light: #91d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.182,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCD9

secondary

#DFB6AB

accent

#6641E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCD9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →