#55A4BF#55A4BF

#55A4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.087 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4BF
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -16.53, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 26.94, 232.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0639 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.087 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4221, 32.2414, 54.1109)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4BF #BF7055

analogous

#55BFA5 #55A4BF #556FBF

triadic

#55A4BF #BF55A4 #A4BF55

tetradic

#55A4BF #A555BF #BF7055 #6FBF55

square

#55A4BF #A555BF #BF7055 #6FBF55

split-complementary

#55A4BF #BF556F #BFA555

monochromatic

#2A5E70 #3B839C #55A4BF #81BCD0 #AED4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#55A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#55A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4BF

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4BF	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.087 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfd2',
    500: '#55a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4bf;
$custom-light: #8dbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.283,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67906,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4BF

secondary

#CEADA1

accent

#7453D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4BF

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

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