#55C6DD#55C6DD

#55C6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6DD
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -25.18, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 32.81, 219.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0889 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.106 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9862, 47.5361, 75.6188)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6DD #DD6C55

analogous

#55DDB0 #55C6DD #5582DD

triadic

#55C6DD #DD55C6 #C6DD55

tetradic

#55C6DD #B055DD #DD6C55 #82DD55

square

#55C6DD #B055DD #DD6C55 #82DD55

split-complementary

#55C6DD #DD5582 #DDB055

monochromatic

#1F8499 #29B0CC #55C6DD #88D7E7 #BBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#55C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6DD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6DD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7e7',
    500: '#55c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6dd;
$custom-light: #92d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.147,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77057,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6DD

secondary

#E1B6AD

accent

#5B3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6DD

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

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