#55AABC#55AABC

#55AABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.086 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AABC
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -20.56, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 26.72, 219.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0718 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.086 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1945, 34.3091, 52.7564)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AABC #BC6755

analogous

#55BC9A #55AABC #5576BC

triadic

#55AABC #BC55AA #AABC55

tetradic

#55AABC #9A55BC #BC6755 #76BC55

square

#55AABC #9A55BC #BC6755 #76BC55

split-complementary

#55AABC #BC5576 #BC9A55

monochromatic

#2B616C #3C8898 #55AABC #81C0CD #ADD6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#55AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AABC

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AABC	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.086 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3d0',
    500: '#55aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aabc;
$custom-light: #8dc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.485,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69203,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AABC

secondary

#CCA8A0

accent

#6B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AABC

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

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