#55BCDD#55BCDD

#55BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCDD
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -20.11, -25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 32.43, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0785 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.106 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7755, 43.1146, 74.8819)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCDD #DD7655

analogous

#55DDBA #55BCDD #5578DD

triadic

#55BCDD #DD55BC #BCDD55

tetradic

#55BCDD #BA55DD #DD7655 #78DD55

square

#55BCDD #BA55DD #DD7655 #78DD55

split-complementary

#55BCDD #DD5578 #DDBA55

monochromatic

#1F7B99 #29A4CC #55BCDD #88D0E7 #BBE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#55BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCDD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCDD	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 222.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.559,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCDD

secondary

#E1B9AD

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCDD

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

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