#55A8BB#55A8BB

#55A8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.085 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8BB
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -19.81, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 26.41, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.07 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.085 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7151, 33.5220, 52.0666)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8BB #BB6855

analogous

#55BB9B #55A8BB #5575BB

triadic

#55A8BB #BB55A8 #A8BB55

tetradic

#55A8BB #9B55BB #BB6855 #75BB55

square

#55A8BB #9B55BB #BB6855 #75BB55

split-complementary

#55A8BB #BB5575 #BB9B55

monochromatic

#2B5F6B #3C8697 #55A8BB #81BECC #ACD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#55A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#55A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8BB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8BB	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.085 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2cf',
    500: '#55a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8bb;
$custom-light: #8dc2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6869,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8BB

secondary

#CCA8A0

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8BB

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

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