#55BCDC#55BCDC

#55BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCDC
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -20.41, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 32.24, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0789 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.105 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6426, 43.0615, 74.1823)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCDC #DC7555

analogous

#55DCB8 #55BCDC #5579DC

triadic

#55BCDC #DC55BC #BCDC55

tetradic

#55BCDC #B855DC #DC7555 #79DC55

square

#55BCDC #B855DC #DC7555 #79DC55

split-complementary

#55BCDC #DC5579 #DCB855

monochromatic

#1F7B97 #2AA4CA #55BCDC #88D0E6 #BBE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#55BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCDC

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCDC	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e7',
    500: '#55bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcdc;
$custom-light: #92d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCDC

secondary

#E0B9AC

accent

#673FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCDC

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

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