#55BCDA#55BCDA

#55BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.104 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCDA
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -21.01, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 31.88, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0796 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.104 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3793, 42.9562, 72.7956)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCDA #DA7355

analogous

#55DAB6 #55BCDA #557ADA

triadic

#55BCDA #DA55BC #BCDA55

tetradic

#55BCDA #B655DA #DA7355 #7ADA55

square

#55BCDA #B655DA #DA7355 #7ADA55

split-complementary

#55BCDA #DA557A #DAB655

monochromatic

#207A94 #2BA4C7 #55BCDA #87D0E5 #BAE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#55BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCDA

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCDA	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.104 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e5',
    500: '#55bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcda;
$custom-light: #91d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74611,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCDA

secondary

#DFB7AB

accent

#6641E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCDA

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

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