#55BFD9#55BFD9

#55BFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.103 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFD9
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 12%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -22.84, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 31.82, 224.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0832 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.103 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8964, 44.1991, 72.3244)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFD9 #D96F55

analogous

#55D9B1 #55BFD9 #557DD9

triadic

#55BFD9 #D955BF #BFD955

tetradic

#55BFD9 #B155D9 #D96F55 #7DD955

square

#55BFD9 #B155D9 #D96F55 #7DD955

split-complementary

#55BFD9 #D9557D #D9B155

monochromatic

#217C93 #2CA7C5 #55BFD9 #87D2E4 #B9E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#55BFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFD9

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFD9	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.103 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e4',
    500: '#55bfd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfd9;
$custom-light: #91d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7527,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFD9

secondary

#DFB5AB

accent

#6241E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFD9

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

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