#55A9BE#55A9BE

#55A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.087 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A9BE
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -19.46, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 26.87, 223.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0699 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.087 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2249, 34.0224, 53.8375)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55A9BE #BE6A55

analogous

#55BE9F #55A9BE #5575BE

triadic

#55A9BE #BE55A9 #A9BE55

tetradic

#55A9BE #9F55BE #BE6A55 #75BE55

square

#55A9BE #9F55BE #BE6A55 #75BE55

split-complementary

#55A9BE #BE5575 #BE9F55

monochromatic

#2A616E #3B889B #55A9BE #81BFCF #AED6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#55A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A9BE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A9BE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.087 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc2d1',
    500: '#55a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a9be;
$custom-light: #8dc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69044,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A9BE

secondary

#CEAAA1

accent

#6D53D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A9BE

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

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