#55A4BD#55A4BD

#55A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.086 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4BD
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -17.12, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 26.53, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0647 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.086 221)
XYZ	xyz(26.2035, 32.1540, 52.9597)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4BD #BD6E55

analogous

#55BDA2 #55A4BD #5570BD

triadic

#55A4BD #BD55A4 #A4BD55

tetradic

#55A4BD #A255BD #BD6E55 #70BD55

square

#55A4BD #A255BD #BD6E55 #70BD55

split-complementary

#55A4BD #BD5570 #BDA255

monochromatic

#2A5D6D #3C8399 #55A4BD #81BCCE #ADD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#55A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#55A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4BD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4BD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.086 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfd1',
    500: '#55a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4bd;
$custom-light: #8dbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67825,
    "c": 0.08569,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.32156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4BD

secondary

#CDABA1

accent

#7354D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4BD

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

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