#55A1BF#55A1BF

#55A1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.087 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A1BF
RGB	rgb(85, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -14.93, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 27.11, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0605 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.087 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8916, 31.1803, 53.9341)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A1BF #BF7355

analogous

#55BFA8 #55A1BF #556CBF

triadic

#55A1BF #BF55A1 #A1BF55

tetradic

#55A1BF #A855BF #BF7355 #6CBF55

square

#55A1BF #A855BF #BF7355 #6CBF55

split-complementary

#55A1BF #BF556C #BFA855

monochromatic

#2A5C70 #3B819C #55A1BF #81BAD0 #AED2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#55A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#55A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A1BF

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A1BF	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.087 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbcd2',
    500: '#55a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a1bf;
$custom-light: #8dbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A1BF

secondary

#CEAEA1

accent

#7853D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A1BF

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

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