#55BCDF#55BCDF

#55BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCDF
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -19.51, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 32.85, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0778 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.107 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0435, 43.2219, 76.2936)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCDF #DF7855

analogous

#55DFBD #55BCDF #5577DF

triadic

#55BCDF #DF55BC #BCDF55

tetradic

#55BCDF #BD55DF #DF7855 #77DF55

square

#55BCDF #BD55DF #DF7855 #77DF55

split-complementary

#55BCDF #DF5577 #DFBD55

monochromatic

#1D7C9C #27A5D0 #55BCDF #89D0E9 #BCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#55BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCDF

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCDF	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e9',
    500: '#55bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcdf;
$custom-light: #92d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.217,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCDF

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4515D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCDF

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

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