#55BCDE#55BCDE

#55BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCDE
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -19.81, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 32.64, 232.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0781 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.106 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9091, 43.1681, 75.5856)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCDE #DE7755

analogous

#55DEBC #55BCDE #5577DE

triadic

#55BCDE #DE55BC #BCDE55

tetradic

#55BCDE #BC55DE #DE7755 #77DE55

square

#55BCDE #BC55DE #DE7755 #77DE55

split-complementary

#55BCDE #DE5577 #DEBC55

monochromatic

#1E7C9B #28A5CE #55BCDE #88D0E8 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#55BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCDE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCDE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e8',
    500: '#55bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcde;
$custom-light: #92d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.891,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCDE

secondary

#E2BAAD

accent

#4416CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCDE

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

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