#55BFDC#55BFDC

#55BFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.105 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFDC
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -21.95, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 32.25, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.082 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.105 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2902, 44.3566, 74.3981)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFDC #DC7255

analogous

#55DCB6 #55BFDC #557BDC

triadic

#55BFDC #DC55BF #BFDC55

tetradic

#55BFDC #B655DC #DC7255 #7BDC55

square

#55BFDC #B655DC #DC7255 #7BDC55

split-complementary

#55BFDC #DC557B #DCB655

monochromatic

#1F7E97 #2AA8CA #55BFDC #88D2E6 #BBE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55BFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#55BFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFDC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFDC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.105 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e7',
    500: '#55bfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfdc;
$custom-light: #92d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75388,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFDC

secondary

#E0B8AC

accent

#633FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFDC

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

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