#55A3BE#55A3BE

#55A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.086 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3BE
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -16.30, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 26.76, 232.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0632 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.086 223)
XYZ	xyz(26.1342, 31.8410, 53.4739)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3BE #BE7055

analogous

#55BEA5 #55A3BE #556FBE

triadic

#55A3BE #BE55A3 #A3BE55

tetradic

#55A3BE #A555BE #BE7055 #6FBE55

square

#55A3BE #A555BE #BE7055 #6FBE55

split-complementary

#55A3BE #BE556F #BEA555

monochromatic

#2A5D6E #3B829B #55A3BE #81BBCF #AED3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#55A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#55A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3BE

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3BE	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.086 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbed1',
    500: '#55a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3be;
$custom-light: #8dbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6763,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.31843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3BE

secondary

#CEADA1

accent

#7553D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3BE

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

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