#55A2C7#55A2C7

#55A2C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.094 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2C7
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 199)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -13.05, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 29.25, 243.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0587 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.094 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9715, 31.8930, 58.7563)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2C7 #C77A55

analogous

#55C7B3 #55A2C7 #5569C7

triadic

#55A2C7 #C755A2 #A2C755

tetradic

#55A2C7 #B355C7 #C77A55 #69C755

square

#55A2C7 #B355C7 #C77A55 #69C755

split-complementary

#55A2C7 #C75569 #C7B355

monochromatic

#285F7A #3783A8 #55A2C7 #83BBD6 #B1D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#55A2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#55A2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2C7

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2C7	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.094 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebdd8',
    500: '#55a2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2c7;
$custom-light: #8ebdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.474,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2C7

secondary

#D4B4A4

accent

#7B4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2C7

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

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