#55A2BC#55A2BC

#55A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.085 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2BC
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -16.36, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 26.35, 231.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0628 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.085 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7402, 31.4005, 52.2716)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2BC #BC6F55

analogous

#55BCA2 #55A2BC #556EBC

triadic

#55A2BC #BC55A2 #A2BC55

tetradic

#55A2BC #A255BC #BC6F55 #6EBC55

square

#55A2BC #A255BC #BC6F55 #6EBC55

split-complementary

#55A2BC #BC556E #BCA255

monochromatic

#2B5C6C #3C8198 #55A2BC #81BACD #ADD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#55A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#55A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2BC

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2BC	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.085 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd0',
    500: '#55a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2bc;
$custom-light: #8dbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.146,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67313,
    "c": 0.08504,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2BC

secondary

#CCABA0

accent

#7555D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2BC

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

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