#55A2BE#55A2BE

#55A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.086 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2BE
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -15.76, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 26.80, 233.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.062 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.086 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9573, 31.4873, 53.4150)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2BE #BE7155

analogous

#55BEA6 #55A2BE #556EBE

triadic

#55A2BE #BE55A2 #A2BE55

tetradic

#55A2BE #A655BE #BE7155 #6EBE55

square

#55A2BE #A655BE #BE7155 #6EBE55

split-complementary

#55A2BE #BE556E #BEA655

monochromatic

#2A5C6E #3B819B #55A2BE #81BACF #AED2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#55A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#55A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2BE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2BE	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.086 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd1',
    500: '#55a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2be;
$custom-light: #8dbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67395,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2BE

secondary

#CEADA1

accent

#7653D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2BE

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

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