#55A3BC#55A3BC

#55A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.085 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3BC
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -16.89, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 26.34, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0639 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.085 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9171, 31.7542, 52.3306)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3BC #BC6E55

analogous

#55BCA1 #55A3BC #556FBC

triadic

#55A3BC #BC55A3 #A3BC55

tetradic

#55A3BC #A155BC #BC6E55 #6FBC55

square

#55A3BC #A155BC #BC6E55 #6FBC55

split-complementary

#55A3BC #BC556F #BCA155

monochromatic

#2B5C6C #3C8298 #55A3BC #81BBCD #ADD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#55A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#55A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3BC

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3BC	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.085 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbed0',
    500: '#55a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3bc;
$custom-light: #8dbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.563,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.08503,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3BC

secondary

#CCABA0

accent

#7355D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3BC

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

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