#55BDDD#55BDDD

#55BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BDDD
RGB	rgb(85, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -20.63, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 32.41, 230.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0795 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.106 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9898, 43.5434, 74.9533)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BDDD #DD7555

analogous

#55DDB9 #55BDDD #5579DD

triadic

#55BDDD #DD55BD #BDDD55

tetradic

#55BDDD #B955DD #DD7555 #79DD55

square

#55BDDD #B955DD #DD7555 #79DD55

split-complementary

#55BDDD #DD5579 #DDB955

monochromatic

#1F7C99 #29A6CC #55BDDD #88D1E7 #BBE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#55BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BDDD

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BDDD	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e7',
    500: '#55bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bddd;
$custom-light: #92d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BDDD

secondary

#E1B9AD

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BDDD

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

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