#55A8BC#55A8BC

#55A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.086 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A8BC
RGB	rgb(85, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -19.52, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 26.53, 222.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0696 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.086 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8225, 33.5649, 52.6324)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A8BC #BC6955

analogous

#55BC9C #55A8BC #5574BC

triadic

#55A8BC #BC55A8 #A8BC55

tetradic

#55A8BC #9C55BC #BC6955 #74BC55

square

#55A8BC #9C55BC #BC6955 #74BC55

split-complementary

#55A8BC #BC5574 #BC9C55

monochromatic

#2B5F6C #3C8698 #55A8BC #81BECD #ADD5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#55A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A8BC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A8BC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.086 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2d0',
    500: '#55a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a8bc;
$custom-light: #8dc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.65,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68729,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A8BC

secondary

#CCA9A0

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A8BC

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

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