#55A3CB#55A3CB

#55A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.097 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3CB
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -12.36, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 30.35, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0583 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.097 233)
XYZ	xyz(27.6189, 32.4349, 61.2934)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3CB #CB7D55

analogous

#55CBB8 #55A3CB #5568CB

triadic

#55A3CB #CB55A3 #A3CB55

tetradic

#55A3CB #B855CB #CB7D55 #68CB55

square

#55A3CB #B855CB #CB7D55 #68CB55

split-complementary

#55A3CB #CB5568 #CBB855

monochromatic

#27617F #3585AE #55A3CB #84BCD9 #B3D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#55A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#55A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3CB

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3CB	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.097 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebedb',
    500: '#55a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3cb;
$custom-light: #8ebedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.339,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68182,
    "c": 0.09692,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.32437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3CB

secondary

#D6B6A6

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3CB

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

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