#55A4BC#55A4BC

#55A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.085 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4BC
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -17.42, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 26.34, 228.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0651 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.085 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0954, 32.1107, 52.3900)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4BC #BC6D55

analogous

#55BCA0 #55A4BC #5570BC

triadic

#55A4BC #BC55A4 #A4BC55

tetradic

#55A4BC #A055BC #BC6D55 #70BC55

square

#55A4BC #A055BC #BC6D55 #70BC55

split-complementary

#55A4BC #BC5570 #BCA055

monochromatic

#2B5D6C #3C8298 #55A4BC #81BBCD #ADD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#55A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#55A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4BC

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4BC	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.085 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfd0',
    500: '#55a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4bc;
$custom-light: #8dbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67784,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4BC

secondary

#CCABA0

accent

#7255D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4BC

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

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