#55A3BA#55A3BA

#55A3BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.084 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3BA
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 12.4%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -17.48, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 25.97, 227.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0647 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.084 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7030, 31.6685, 51.2030)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3BA #BA6C55

analogous

#55BA9E #55A3BA #5571BA

triadic

#55A3BA #BA55A3 #A3BA55

tetradic

#55A3BA #9E55BA #BA6C55 #71BA55

square

#55A3BA #9E55BA #BA6C55 #71BA55

split-complementary

#55A3BA #BA5571 #BA9E55

monochromatic

#2B5B6A #3D8195 #55A3BA #81BBCC #ACD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#55A3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#55A3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3BA

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3BA	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.084 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbece',
    500: '#55a3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3ba;
$custom-light: #8dbece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.663,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67468,
    "c": 0.08378,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3BA

secondary

#CBAAA0

accent

#7256D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3BA

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

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