#55BFDF#55BFDF

#55BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.107 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BFDF
RGB	rgb(85, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -21.05, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 32.76, 230.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0809 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.107 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6911, 44.5169, 76.5094)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BFDF #DF7555

analogous

#55DFBA #55BFDF #557ADF

triadic

#55BFDF #DF55BF #BFDF55

tetradic

#55BFDF #BA55DF #DF7555 #7ADF55

square

#55BFDF #BA55DF #DF7555 #7ADF55

split-complementary

#55BFDF #DF557A #DFBA55

monochromatic

#1D7F9C #27A9D0 #55BFDF #89D2E9 #BCE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#55BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BFDF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BFDF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.107 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e9',
    500: '#55bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bfdf;
$custom-light: #92d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75509,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BFDF

secondary

#E2BAAE

accent

#4115D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BFDF

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

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