#55BFD7#55BFD7

#55BFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFD7
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -23.43, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 31.58, 222.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0839 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.102 215)
XYZ	xyz(34.6379, 44.0957, 70.9627)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFD7 #D76D55

analogous

#55D7AE #55BFD7 #557ED7

triadic

#55BFD7 #D755BF #BFD755

tetradic

#55BFD7 #AE55D7 #D76D55 #7ED755

square

#55BFD7 #AE55D7 #D76D55 #7ED755

split-complementary

#55BFD7 #D7557E #D7AE55

monochromatic

#227B90 #2DA6C1 #55BFD7 #87D2E3 #B8E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55BFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#55BFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFD7

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFD7	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e3',
    500: '#55bfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfd7;
$custom-light: #91d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.44099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFD7

secondary

#DEB4AA

accent

#6143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFD7

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

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