#55A9BA#55A9BA

#55A9BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.085 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A9BA
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -20.62, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 26.41, 218.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0715 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.085 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7937, 33.8499, 51.5666)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A9BA #BA6655

analogous

#55BA98 #55A9BA #5576BA

triadic

#55A9BA #BA55A9 #A9BA55

tetradic

#55A9BA #9855BA #BA6655 #76BA55

square

#55A9BA #9855BA #BA6655 #76BA55

split-complementary

#55A9BA #BA5576 #BA9855

monochromatic

#2B5F6A #3D8695 #55A9BA #81BFCC #ACD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55A9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#55A9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A9BA

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A9BA	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.085 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2ce',
    500: '#55a9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a9ba;
$custom-light: #8dc2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A9BA

secondary

#CBA7A0

accent

#6B56D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A9BA

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

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