#55A4CB#55A4CB

#55A4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.097 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4CB
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, -12.90, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 30.17, 244.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0594 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.097 232)
XYZ	xyz(27.7972, 32.7914, 61.3528)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4CB #CB7C55

analogous

#55CBB7 #55A4CB #5569CB

triadic

#55A4CB #CB55A4 #A4CB55

tetradic

#55A4CB #B755CB #CB7C55 #69CB55

square

#55A4CB #B755CB #CB7C55 #69CB55

split-complementary

#55A4CB #CB5569 #CBB755

monochromatic

#27627F #3586AE #55A4CB #84BDD9 #B3D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#55A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#55A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4CB

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4CB	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.097 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebfdb',
    500: '#55a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4cb;
$custom-light: #8ebfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.831,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68413,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.32794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4CB

secondary

#D6B6A6

accent

#7B4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4CB

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

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