#55BFD6#55BFD6

#55BFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFD6
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -23.72, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 31.47, 221.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0843 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.102 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5098, 44.0444, 70.2880)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFD6 #D66C55

analogous

#55D6AC #55BFD6 #557ED6

triadic

#55BFD6 #D655BF #BFD655

tetradic

#55BFD6 #AC55D6 #D66C55 #7ED655

square

#55BFD6 #AC55D6 #D66C55 #7ED655

split-complementary

#55BFD6 #D6557E #D6AC55

monochromatic

#227B8E #2EA6C0 #55BFD6 #86D2E2 #B8E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55BFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFD6

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFD6	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e2',
    500: '#55bfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfd6;
$custom-light: #91d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.698,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75153,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFD6

secondary

#DDB3AA

accent

#6044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFD6

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

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