#55A2BD#55A2BD

#55A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.086 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2BD
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -16.06, -21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 26.57, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0624 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.086 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8484, 31.4437, 52.8413)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2BD #BD7055

analogous

#55BDA4 #55A2BD #556EBD

triadic

#55A2BD #BD55A2 #A2BD55

tetradic

#55A2BD #A455BD #BD7055 #6EBD55

square

#55A2BD #A455BD #BD7055 #6EBD55

split-complementary

#55A2BD #BD556E #BDA455

monochromatic

#2A5C6D #3C8199 #55A2BD #81BACE #ADD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#55A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#55A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2BD

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2BD	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.086 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd1',
    500: '#55a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2bd;
$custom-light: #8dbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67354,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2BD

secondary

#CDACA1

accent

#7554D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2BD

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

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