#55A5C0#55A5C0

#55A5C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.088 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5C0
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 192)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 14.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -16.77, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 27.13, 231.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0646 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.088 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7122, 32.6449, 54.7523)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5C0 #C07055

analogous

#55C0A6 #55A5C0 #5570C0

triadic

#55A5C0 #C055A5 #A5C055

tetradic

#55A5C0 #A655C0 #C07055 #70C055

square

#55A5C0 #A655C0 #C07055 #70C055

split-complementary

#55A5C0 #C05570 #C0A655

monochromatic

#2A5F71 #3A849D #55A5C0 #82BDD1 #AED4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#55A5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#55A5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5C0

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5C0	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8696C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.088 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbfd3',
    500: '#55a5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5c0;
$custom-light: #8dbfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.14,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68182,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5C0

secondary

#CFADA2

accent

#7352D6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5C0

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

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