#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
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -16.00, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 26.98, 233.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0628 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.087 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2439, 31.8849, 54.0515)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##55A3BF	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55A3BF

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

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