#55A2C8#55A2C8

#55A2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.095 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2C8
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -12.74, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 29.57, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0583 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.095 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0880, 31.9396, 59.3698)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2C8 #C87B55

analogous

#55C8B4 #55A2C8 #5568C8

triadic

#55A2C8 #C855A2 #A2C855

tetradic

#55A2C8 #B455C8 #C87B55 #68C855

square

#55A2C8 #B455C8 #C87B55 #68C855

split-complementary

#55A2C8 #C85568 #C8B455

monochromatic

#285F7B #3783A9 #55A2C8 #83BBD7 #B1D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#55A2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#55A2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2C8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2C8	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.095 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebdd8',
    500: '#55a2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2c8;
$custom-light: #8ebdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2C8

secondary

#D4B4A5

accent

#7C4DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2C8

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

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