#55BCDB#55BCDB

#55BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCDB
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -20.71, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 32.06, 229.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0793 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.104 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5106, 43.0087, 73.4869)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCDB #DB7455

analogous

#55DBB7 #55BCDB #5579DB

triadic

#55BCDB #DB55BC #BCDB55

tetradic

#55BCDB #B755DB #DB7455 #79DB55

square

#55BCDB #B755DB #DB7455 #79DB55

split-complementary

#55BCDB #DB5579 #DBB755

monochromatic

#207B96 #2AA4C8 #55BCDB #88D0E6 #BAE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#55BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCDB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCDB	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e6',
    500: '#55bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcdb;
$custom-light: #91d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74652,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCDB

secondary

#E0B8AC

accent

#6740E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCDB

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

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