#55A6BC#55A6BC

#55A6BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.085 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A6BC
RGB	rgb(85, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -18.47, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 26.40, 225.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0673 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.085 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4561, 32.8322, 52.5102)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A6BC #BC6B55

analogous

#55BC9E #55A6BC #5572BC

triadic

#55A6BC #BC55A6 #A6BC55

tetradic

#55A6BC #9E55BC #BC6B55 #72BC55

square

#55A6BC #9E55BC #BC6B55 #72BC55

split-complementary

#55A6BC #BC5572 #BC9E55

monochromatic

#2B5E6C #3C8498 #55A6BC #81BDCD #ADD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#55A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#55A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A6BC

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A6BC	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.085 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc0d0',
    500: '#55a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a6bc;
$custom-light: #8dc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.816,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68256,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A6BC

secondary

#CCAAA0

accent

#7055D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A6BC

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

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