#55A2BF#55A2BF

#55A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.087 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2BF
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -15.46, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 27.03, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0616 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.087 225)
XYZ	xyz(26.0670, 31.5312, 53.9925)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2BF #BF7255

analogous

#55BFA7 #55A2BF #556DBF

triadic

#55A2BF #BF55A2 #A2BF55

tetradic

#55A2BF #A755BF #BF7255 #6DBF55

square

#55A2BF #A755BF #BF7255 #6DBF55

split-complementary

#55A2BF #BF556D #BFA755

monochromatic

#2A5D70 #3B819C #55A2BF #81BAD0 #AED3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#55A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#55A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2BF

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2BF	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.087 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbdd2',
    500: '#55a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2bf;
$custom-light: #8dbdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.415,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67436,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.31534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2BF

secondary

#CEAEA1

accent

#7653D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2BF

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

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