#55A7BC#55A7BC

#55A7BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.085 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7BC
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -19.00, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 26.46, 224.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0685 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.085 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6386, 33.1971, 52.5711)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7BC #BC6A55

analogous

#55BC9D #55A7BC #5573BC

triadic

#55A7BC #BC55A7 #A7BC55

tetradic

#55A7BC #9D55BC #BC6A55 #73BC55

square

#55A7BC #9D55BC #BC6A55 #73BC55

split-complementary

#55A7BC #BC5573 #BC9D55

monochromatic

#2B5F6C #3C8598 #55A7BC #81BECD #ADD4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55A7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#55A7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7BC

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7BC	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.085 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc1d0',
    500: '#55a7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7bc;
$custom-light: #8dc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.233,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68493,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7BC

secondary

#CCA9A0

accent

#6E55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7BC

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

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