#55BFDD#55BFDD

#55BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.106 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFDD
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -21.65, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 32.41, 228.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0816 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.106 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4230, 44.4097, 75.0977)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFDD #DD7355

analogous

#55DDB7 #55BFDD #557BDD

triadic

#55BFDD #DD55BF #BFDD55

tetradic

#55BFDD #B755DD #DD7355 #7BDD55

square

#55BFDD #B755DD #DD7355 #7BDD55

split-complementary

#55BFDD #DD557B #DDB755

monochromatic

#1F7E99 #29A8CC #55BFDD #88D2E7 #BBE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#55BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFDD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFDD	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.106 219.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75428,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFDD

secondary

#E1B8AD

accent

#643EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFDD

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

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