#55A2CB#55A2CB

#55A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.097 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2CB
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -11.82, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 30.55, 247.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% -0.0572 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.097 234)
XYZ	xyz(27.4421, 32.0812, 61.2345)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2CB #CB7E55

analogous

#55CBB9 #55A2CB #5567CB

triadic

#55A2CB #CB55A2 #A2CB55

tetradic

#55A2CB #B955CB #CB7E55 #67CB55

square

#55A2CB #B955CB #CB7E55 #67CB55

split-complementary

#55A2CB #CB5567 #CBB955

monochromatic

#27607F #3584AE #55A2CB #84BCD9 #B3D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#55A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#55A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2CB

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2CB	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.097 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebddb',
    500: '#55a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2cb;
$custom-light: #8ebddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67951,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.32084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2CB

secondary

#D6B7A6

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2CB

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

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