#55A3BF#55A3BF

#55A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55A3BF
RGBrgb(85, 163, 191)
HSLhsl(196, 45%, 54%)
HSVhsv(196, 55%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(55.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.25, -16.00, -21.73)
CIE-LCHlch(63.25, 26.98, 233.63°)
OKLaboklab(67.67% -0.0628 -0.0603)
OKLCHoklch(67.67% 0.087 223.9)
XYZxyz(26.2439, 31.8849, 54.0515)
Luminance0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55A3BF #BF7155
analogous
#55BFA6 #55A3BF #556EBF
triadic
#55A3BF #BF55A3 #A3BF55
tetradic
#55A3BF #A655BF #BF7155 #6EBF55
square
#55A3BF #A655BF #BF7155 #6EBF55
split-complementary
#55A3BF #BF556E #BFA655
monochromatic
#2A5D70 #3B829C #55A3BF #81BBD0 #AED3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85
#55A3BF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38
#55A3BF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3BF
7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55A3BF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55A3BF1.002.857.387.38
#FFFFFF2.851.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3821.001.001.00
##0000007.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A0C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8494BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 223.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbed2',
    500: '#55a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55a3bf;
$custom-light: #8dbed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67671,
    "c": 0.08707,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55A3BF
secondary
#CEADA1
accent
#7553D5
background
#F9FBFC
surface
#F1F6F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0D1214
muted
#7E8182

Preview Lab

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#55A3BF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva