#55A2BB#55A2BB

#55A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.084 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2BB
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -16.65, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 26.15, 230.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0632 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.084 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6328, 31.3575, 51.7059)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2BB #BB6E55

analogous

#55BBA1 #55A2BB #556FBB

triadic

#55A2BB #BB55A2 #A2BB55

tetradic

#55A2BB #A155BB #BB6E55 #6FBB55

square

#55A2BB #A155BB #BB6E55 #6FBB55

split-complementary

#55A2BB #BB556F #BBA155

monochromatic

#2B5B6B #3C8097 #55A2BB #81BACC #ACD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#55A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#55A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2BB

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2BB	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.084 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdcf',
    500: '#55a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2bb;
$custom-light: #8dbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67272,
    "c": 0.08437,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2BB

secondary

#CCABA0

accent

#7455D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2BB

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

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